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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1987-12-23, Page 4Ps 4—Lucknow Sentinel, Wednesday, December 23, 1987 :*S *;e>;•.'•::•i.:•r','.'•::is::•' '%:':::%%:rte:: :`:r: y :i% i is `:+;'%i',•': '.'? •': r :':i:'i.'`::5 ::'.' P.O. Box 400, Lucknow NOG 2H0 528-2822 Established 1873 vl Aif 110 CIRCULATION PAICI Thomas Thompson -Advertising Manager Subscription rates in advance: Rob Bundy -Editor Pat Livingston -General Manager $1 790 Outside Canada $6090 $1490 Outside Canada $5800 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 advertisment will be paid at the applicable rates. A good year Before you is the last edition of the Lucknow Sentinel for this year. This office will take a well deserved break over Christmas and will publish again on January 6, 1988. • All regular dealines will apply for the first edition of the New Year. All in all, 1987 was, a good year for the Village of Lucknow. The Village Council made great progress in its long standing sewage system project this year and also obtained a sizable grant for needed work on the arena. In addition, 1987 hosted a provincial election which saw Murray Elston once again get the nod as our. representative in the provincial Parliament "and allowed Mr.' Potation an overwhelming majority.' This year was one that will be remembered as the year of the great Free Trade debate, the stock market crash of Black Monday, and the signing of the Arms Reduction Agreement between the United States and Russia. Back, to a local note, there are a number of bouquets and darts that could. be passed along at this time, but since it Is Christmas, let's forget the darts. Congratulations to our own Llano Creighton for being chosen to carry the Olympic Flame in the torch relay to Calgary and to the Reu- nion Committee for their ongoing efforts to bringing 'Celebrate in 1988' to this Village next year. Once again, the local service clubs were active in their efforts to bet- ter the community as a whole. In a community the size of ours, it is heartwarming to see such spirit put to good use. And to the local schools, a personal note of thanks for their efforts in helping us plan and complete our Christmas edition of the Sentinel. The letters, essays and drawings included in this week's supplement are ex- cellent and truly reflect the hard work the students put into it. The same must be said for the ministers of our local churches who were gracious • enough to provide us with their thoughts on Christmas 1987 for this edition. From all of us here at the Sentinel, thank -you for reading and may this Christmas be the very best ever for you and yours. Peace and prosperity for the New Year. R.B. We've been working this week on the Christmas supplement' to the Sentinel which means sifting through the letters and stories sent to us by the students from the public schools in the area. All of the letters to Santa we received are verygood and certainly the kids entertaining, so we hope you'll take a few minutes to read them along with the festive greetings from our local merchants. Kids aren't the only ones who write to Santa Claus, you know. I usually make sure my Christmas wishes make it to the North Pole each year in some way. This year, the fellow at the Post Office told me I was too tall to mail one, so, I'm including my letter to Santa here. I know Mr. Claus has a subscription to the Sentinel and he'll probably be reading this at about the same time you are. Dear Santa; Thank you very much for the long underwear you left for me last year, Santa. I really like them and wear them a lot. I liked the leather gloves you left me as well, but unfortunately, I lost them before Box- ing Day rolled around. I understand that the cash I had asked for probably wouldn't fit in your sack, so this year I'd be happy to receive Savings Bonds instead. If you could add some typing skills and a couple of good editorial ideas as well, I'd really appreciate it. My wife has asked me to make a couple of requests on her behalf as well. She is very shy about writing to you, although I can't understand why: She says she (would like permanently curly hair and sor Bole to help her with the dishes. I would consider this last one a gift to me as well. Maybe you have a cou- ple of spare elves kicking around that could do the job? Also, I wonder if you might be able to do nia something about all these silly strikes we have had to put up with lately? The power- ful unions are making it very difficult for those of us who actually work for a living and are thankful to have jobs. If this is out of your. control, I'll understand, but the government doesn't seem to care so you are our last hope. For the residents of the Village of Lucknow, I wonder if you might consider bringing a cross -walk for Campbell Street. All it would take is some yellow paint and a couple of signs. I know the older citizens of the Village would really appreciate it. While the farmers in our area would really like to have grain and livestock prices on the world market reflect what it costs them to farm, I think they would be satisfied with good weather for the grow- ing season next year. Maybe see what you can do. Pat Livingston, who, as you know, is the General Manager of the Sentinel, says she'd like a coffee pot, for the office in her stocking this year and, if you can swing it, just one morning a week without the phone in her office ringing. Tom `Thumper' Thompson, our Ad Man, would like every Friday afternoon off but says he'd be happy if you'd simply fill the stockings he leaves out with what they were meant to be filled with in the first place. It's a long, tough f list Santa, but I know you'll do your best. Most of all, I'd really like health and happiness for all the Sen- tinel readers and their families. Thank you. Sincerely, Rob Bundy *io Ho Hop.. (, TH�SYEAR, LEAVE THE SLEIGN-D1ZlVING To sham. 70 years ago December 27, 1917 Canada to go dry -It is officially announc- ed that an order from Council has been passed by the government prohibiting the future importation into the Dominion of Canada from any country whatsoever, all intoxicating liquors, except for medicinal or sacramental purposes. The order in- cludes whiskies and wines and will par- ticularly affect importation of Scotch and Irish whiskies. The order has a double purpose. First, it is designed as a step toward total prohibi- tion in the Dominion. The second purpose of the order is to pre- vent the spending of money for other than essential purposes. The manufacture of whiskies has already been prohibited in Canada. It is estimated that there is a several year sup- ply of liquor on hand in this country. If this liquor is not seized by the government to be used in the making of explosives, it will presently become very valuable. Scotch now sells for 25 cents a glass and this will shortly be up to 50 cents. Students enjoy "at home" -Two -hundred - and -fifty or more students, ex -students, their parents and a few others were "at home" with the Lucknow High School in the Town Hall last Friday evening. It was SENTINEL the big social event of the school year and as usual was a highly enjoyable affair. The program was arranged and given by the students and it is certainly a credit to them. Mr. Harold Burnes, president of the Literary Society, acted a s chairman and gave the opening address. The Lucknow High School is going to produce a number of good public speakers and we expect to see Harold and the lad who gave the ad- dress last year, among them. 50 yearsago December 23,1937 Nominations Monday -Monday is nomination day in Lucknow and Kinloss, and municipal doings seem to be creating little interest. In Kinloss, there are those who expect that the Board will receive another acclamation. In any event, there have been no definite announcements, and whether or not there will be a contest even- tually will not be known until Monday. In Lucknow, the situation is different. That there will be a contest for the reeveship seems assured. The one ques- tion being asked is who will fill the pro- bable three vacancies on the Council. The three retiring school trustees this year are Hugh Macintosh, . Dr. Johnston and Rev. MacDonald. All are eligible for re-election. Season's skating tickets -Here's a gift suggestion that will bring much enjoyment - a season's skating ticket to the Lucknow Community Arena. Ice making was begun the first of the week and it is expected there will be skating for Christmas Day. A family ticket is priced a $6 for the season with individual ticketspriced at $2.50. 25 years ago December 19,1962 Snow record Just about four more in- ches of snow this month and December 1962 could set the all time record for snowfall locally. Seventy-three inches of snow in December 1958 set the current all-time high as far as local records are concerned. This month, snowfall has measured almost 70 inches. In the seven day period last week, from Sunday to Sunday, there were a total of 58 inches of snow - short by just two inches of five feet. Keeping traffic moving during this time has been a problem but not the only one. Hosueholders have been busy having snow removed from roof -tops. This practice ap- plied to other buildings in the Village as well including the arena. 10 years ago December 21,1962 Community Hall started -The footings and walls were poured for the new Lucknow Community Centre last week and after being checked by engineers, were ap- proved said Stu Reavie of the building committee. Weather permiting, construction of the building proper will commence shortly. Kids aren't there -After one month of operation, the Bruce County private home day-care service doesn't have any children to babysit but the county's social service director insists this doesn't mean the pro- gram is a failure. Dick Verrips said it will take some time before the program, which offers a more flexible type of day-care, catches on. The program, Verrips explains, is tailored for the single parent who can't use regular day-care services because there are no facilities close by, or beacuse they work irregular hours.