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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1990-03-21, Page 4age 4 --div fief, Why, Mara 24 MS _,P Q,Oloz,400,140rana-Ontariet 1 etablished 1073 . Thomas Thompson; Advertising. Manager Subscription • rates advance: Pat Livingston a General Manager *170° Outside Canada Editor *1+400 Outside Canada *58°SeniorCitizen ' Second clas s maiiing. reg, no. 0847 Advertising is accepted on the condition that in the event of a typographical error, the por- tion ootion of the advertising space occupied bythe erroneous item together with a reasonable allowance for signature, will not be charged tor, but the balance 0 the advertisement will be paid at the applicable rates. Buckle up Tokio a .drive some day with ono intention --to so* : who's Wearingr seatbelts. The results ar. frightening. It's something. that some p.o plo do all the thins, ,So do the •polic.. Results, however, differ deposit - cling who you talk to; In District b of Om OPP, it is estimateil that 62 per tint of drivers and passong.rs bucki. up. 'That is' tow compar.d tothat provincial. • averag of 70,3 per *ant. But, for anyone who's couting, It Would app.ar the District 6 average, particularly Brut. County,,, is much lower. In fact, It would be pushing it to say'50 per cent of drivers and passengers wear, seatbolts. It's not. easy 'to try and understand 'why most popple tofu** -to wear seatbelts. Accidents 'In Bruce County .in theo post year prove that some people may have survived their crashes hod they boon buckled up.. Bruno County had a' total of 14 fatal accidents with" 17 people kill.d. Of that number 11 clod because they wool, thrown from their vehicles. • • . In Walkerton, the OPP. had 'sight fatal •occidonts that saw 1.1 pans - plc, di.. four of those were .olther :completely : or: .partially thrown from their vehicles. The ejection rate for District 6 in fatal accidents ;is almost 40 per. cent as compared to the provincial average of 35 .per cent. Despite the warnings, despite the hard; sad facts, most p.opl. don't wear seotbelts. It's about time we all did --for hsaith, hap- piness and most of all, life. March is seatbelt awareness month. Cars will be stopped in seatbelt checks. Anyone not wearing a• bolt will be fined *53. Hors's a secret. Th. fine will almost double ' Th. choice is ours..:play a died! form of Madan rouietto,L • or buckle up and increase ' the chances. (Walkerton Horaid: Timosj HAVE AN OPINION? Express it by sending a letter to the editor, of the Lucknow Sentinel. It must be signed and accompanied by a telephone number, should we need to clarify any information. The Sentinel also reserves the right to edit letters. Spring in the air, love out the,1 to Ia y s le kmpops into my head. In these days of liberation I'd bet- ter etter amend it to "a young waman's/man's fancy turns to love"! Falling in love us- ed to be a wonderful time in the lives of make and females; a time when the sight of the other made one's heart go patter patter. Not so now. While the younger sexes may still enjoy this unbridled manner of finding a mate, a recent article I read in -- formed me that a good number of the more mature or established adults in Canada, U.S. and Europe are not simply responding to mutual attraction to base a relationship on. By mature I mean the older ones in the 24 - 50 age range and established refers to those who have suc- cessful businesses or amassed Barge fortunes. The Article intbnated that private in= 11111111011111111111111111111111111111 DAMBUNGS by Pat Livingston ve tors' buelnresses are oa a differ, Some lid were the oma _ - con- tracting AIDS or ending upwithwith a spouse, or that their money is the attraction. Others were women who in to -check out the men they meet In � These hese aren'tmenin- troduced to theta by mother. Apparently silver tongued men are being caught in their boastful lies of being wealthy. As I digested the above information I wondered whatto those rela- tionships where the being in- veetigated checked out to be legitimate. I can't believe theperson wouldn't be hurt if the bvestigation revealed to him or her. Perhaps hurt enough to tell the interesting person to get lost. On the other hand I suppose. it is "better to be safe, than on n sorry". have it is not a desafe, than sorry ve to make. Love in the 90's - ain't•it great! Newest Spring Blouses enS6 Remember when? 1920 business, is rather over Worked in SENTINELMEMOIRSsurmoliz=:tgrntotTorneging"Li which there is a better prospect. Mr. Solomon not yet decided what he wi 70 Years Ago - March 18, 1920 THE TOWN OFFICERS. With the ex• ception of assessor and collector of taxes,. Lucknow will have the same servants as it had last year. Mr. J.E. Agnew retains the position of clerk, and Mr. Bell will have charge of the waterworks and Townhall. Robt. Douglasswill do ' the assessing and also the collecting of taxes. GROCERY BUSINESS SOLD After be- ing two years in the grocery business, Mr. W. A. Soloman has sold out to Mr. P. Graff, who will conduct a combined meat and grocery business in the store. Stock taking has been completed and the store will be opened under the -new pro- prietor in a short time. Mr. Solomon kept a nice clean store and good stock, but it has long been felt that the grocery ll do, but he is not leaving town for the present. • 59 Years Age - March 21, 194u DOGS WIPE OUT POULTRY FLOCK Thomas Burns had his poultry flock prac- tically annihilated on Sunday morning, with village , dogs owned by Elwood Solomon and Bob. MacKenzie accused of the attack the. hens. When Mr. Burns returned from church the dead and dying poultry were strewn. about the yard. The two dogs were at the scene of the carnage and apparently were the perpetrators of the attack although we understand were not seen in the act of molesting the fowl.. SNOW - DERAILS TRAIN NEAR BLYTH It's spring officially, but one the would scarcely guess it. luringpast week March has 'brought sleet, rain, thunder and snow. Highways and railway plows have been busy in keeping traffic moving. On Tues- day afternoon the CNR train was stuck above Ripley and a railway plow was busy on the line TuMay and Wednesday keeping it cleared. - Snow that formed into a hard drift on the track§, caused a derailment near Blyth Tuesday afternoon, of the diesel- • powered passenger train on its return trip from Wingham to London. 25 Years Ago - March '24, 1995 NO MORE., ,. LONG ;DISTANCE CHARGE BETWEEN DUNGANNON AND LUCKNOW, H AND K IN- TRODUCE DUNGANNON DIAL DIRECT K.R. • Witherden,. Bell Telephone Manager for this area, and Clayton Nicholson manager of the. Huron and Kinloss Municipal Telephone System have announced that early Thursday morning, April ist .wider local calling will be in- troduced for Lucknow Bell customers and subscribersto the Dungannon exchange of the Huron and Kinloss system. .n simple; terms, this means that Dungannon and Lucknow will now be able to call back and forth as a local call with no long distance charge involved. 10 Years Ago - Marsh 19, 1980 COUNCIL FINDS ROAD COSTS UP Lucknow Village Council learned at their regular meeting March 11, they may not be able to proceed with the road work they had planned for this. year because costs have risen dramatically. Clerk Alf Herbert told Council asphalt is. up $4 a ton and.the cost of sewers has . risen 30 per cent. Council ' was intending to reconstruct Havelock Street from Ludgard to GAR' tracks and down Ludgard to Delhi Street They . also planned to .,.complete reconstruction of the sidewalks along Outran! Street. Council receives a grant of $47,000 from the Ministry of Transpor- tation and Communications which is mats ' ched by and $47,000 from council. The Village budget for read maintenance and reconstruction for the year totals $94,000,