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The Lucknow Sentinel, 1990-10-10, Page 4400a. tucitnow,'Qntara 1VGG 21I0 Esttabiished 1873. 2 Fa {519) 5284520 Thomias Thompson -- Advertisng Manager. Pat Livingston General Manager — Editor, Subscription rates advance. al 790 Outside Oanada $60 $149° Outside Canada *5890 Senior Citizen Second "class mailing reg, no, 0847 Advertising is accepted on tho condition that in the event of a typographical error, the portion of the advertising space occupied by tho,erroneous item together with a reasonable allowance for signature, will not be charged for, but the. balance .of the advertisement will be paid: at Ore .applicable rates. 1 IS'• � our post office doomed? le the writing on the wall? Is our local 'post office as wo know ;it today doomed? Do you care? , The ,above are all questions we should be asking oursolve today and In"ths:days.�to come. • The senior assistant at our .k ( post oHi xn .hash been advised that his position has ipeen, eliminated and that he • was ;therefore surplus staff, Ho chose to accept:a financial Incentive to leave rather than•rerlaont+e. Our, postmaster, although.she had been On sick leave was officially retired as of July 23.,As far as a. Canada Prost Media relations officer was concerned eine was; stili on_sick save: As, of October.27t:we:will have .00 postmaster and rwc ssnlor, ,.' •assistant, but we will have two part timo ernployeos and one's. casual cail-tn lett' to clothe' work: As anyone Who.frequents the poatbffk a knows, the previous staff ofthiee Was unable to keep up with+the flowiof mall, due to no fault of their own. • When the hours :of part, time staff are continually cut, it Is difficult, to:say =,the least, to continue to: provide the same efficient servlcG we were used to in prevlous years. According to • that same media relations officer when a t postmaster retires, resigns, is, promoted .or dies a review of the postal service in that community Is triggered. Well, the • scene' is - sot, our postmaster has officially retired and our senior assistant's posittoh:_has been:eltnlhated, so wo may presume now that a review of our local, posh .offlCe service will be made: We are well aware of the closing*. Of small°;post offices I across this country. Dungannon *now has a ,postal • retell, outlet, Tiverton will have one in 1991. ° Although the modia official saki no changes areplanned"in the immediate► future, will we be next? The word�immedlate leads us to believe in • the very ,near`futur.'e. But what will happen In two, four or six months? • Lucknow has been able to boast of having • only fire postmasters In its 130: year; history. -Will the word postmaster be • an unknown to our children and grandchildren? It's• something to think about!(PL) • AMBLINGS 1111 by Pat Livingston The .Rambler's looking for a genie to make her '`'perfect" I don't know who said "to err m at the p, eoplealll of the time, , humans, but y t seems so have i+ynthe newspaper be* considerable number or business. If I ever have *genie people in this village who +couldgrant me three wigs, T know for do well by remembering this . Sure one will be mere me pore statiement.• feet, There r�tainly s w be a 'The staff in this orrice numb ' of pet ►le m this sea who human, although we do tuakOrse think they are, why shouldn't I be of,Computerrs *0 t�h�e♦■ beat of per *given my w�: a .We have two °full^time some • Wasn't that. some storm last 11. cmplpyees one P� ?Thur yf My right hand lady, :do• ir 'Ow over/ wook to Put Phyllisand Myself were slung on l"oat a comm ... ty newspaper r tlsat pins and needles wondering if the oar readers will enjoy, We take front window of the Sentinel was prude in Our product and there is going to come crashing in. At the no one more upset than this staff time the stonn hit, we had two when we open the Wednes- young visitors iin'the office. .pick titrre, wno day mornings and won in ung our brains for the defiinittons Bing or typographical errors. of some newspaper terms. When, you see a poor picture in For any of you have commented die paper, do you think I rejoice an the weight of our front door, it it? Hardly. I more than likely will.gve you some idea of the - feel wore than the people in the wind velocity when l tell you our picture do. I have often been told door was blown open during the I am far 'too =critical of myself. storm. At thiss point in dme, T . I. have found that dealing with- really becme:concerned and made the public, at times, is not the ; our two visitors Sit on the floor Most joyous job to be in. The behind the room divider. If it • person •who said, "you can satisfy wasn't because we were the ' some of the people some of the aduIts:I really think Phyllis.:and I time; but you can't satisfy all of would have been hiding behind it *„ With *hem. By dm way, Mea Black, where did you .get tie newtrpspe r, Rona you Yourgrade nix :• SoMe of thein we hadn't l even heard fired. we etndedup cal- ling 00016 of d "oldtue , an Godetich to get the defutitions. i iefuUy the students won't get a failingmarls because we weren't: able to help them sufficiently, Hope you all had 4 wonderful Thanksgiving; with your families Whale we should all be giving thanks year.round:- this seems to be a special time of the year when we take stock of our blessings and: are thankful for what we have and overlook what we feel we need or want. As we had visited: my family the week previous and Number One Son was spending it with his girlfriend's family, Mr, Fruit and =1 took advantage of the nice weather. and enjoyed nine holes of golf, ,I guess it's time to clean them up and put them away for the long, cold winter. • Have a good pweekl This large branch was blown down daring last week's storm thatswept through tl time this year that Bill and, -Isabel MacI'Iierson of Inglis Street saw branches ripped from the tree .on the corner of their property.(Pat Livingston photo) 70 years ago October 14, 1920 The Hydro Situation - We had the privilege . the other day of looking on a letter from the Hydto Electric Commission to the Village Council explaining the seeming delay in completing the line to. Luclotow.. When . the, facts . are known, there is nothing to• worry about. There is some ff culty in getting material for the substations, but the engineer gives assurance that the Commission will be able to deliver current to part of the Luck now system by the first of Decem- ber, and to the remainder of the system early in that month. An effort is being made W get service F to Lucknow, Teeswater. and Win- gham about the same time: The engineer explains that there is no • advantage in completing the lines before the substations are ready. The gang of pole and line men will be back on the Lucknow line by Friday of this week, so that the line will be completed by the time the substation at Holyroodis ready; Our council is to be commended for its persistency in insisting that the Lucknow line be pushed, and in getting all possible information about the progress of the work. 50 Years ago October 10, 1940 Second Well Being Defined - For the past week drilling operations have been in progress . at. the auxiliary well of the local water system. The contract was let to F.L. Davison : of Wingham, who has . a modern drilling rig on the location. The completerigging is carried on, a truck which can be easily placed in position, and which car- ries its own power for drilling. It is complete even to a forge attachment for sharpening the drills. A swivel attachment keeps the drill SENTINEL MEMOIRS automatically revolving to eliminate the old hand systein of revolving the drill. The original well was some 125 feet in` depth , and the drilling is beingcarried on down through the soft rock of this. well `until. hard rock is reached and the required water supply secured. On Wednesday the well had been sunk another 75 feet to a depth of about 200 feet and samples indicate that harder rock is being reached. 25 years ago October 40, 1965 Rabid Fox Attacks Cat in Whitechurch - Sunday forenoon a fox' attacked and fought with a cat on the lawn at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Jas McInnes. Before men could arrive with guns, the fox had crossed the road into a corn field. All are warned to be aware of these rabid foxes which • are beComin$ verynumerous in the surrounding vicinities. Oliver McCharles.Suffers Badly Gashed Hand. - Oliver McCharles retuned home from Kincardine hospital Saturday where he, had been a patient with a badly cut hand, having been caught in the hay baler. The gashed hand required at least 40 stitches to close and is now in a cast. 10 years .ago October 15,1980 Ghana Student Workingon Ashfleld Farm - A young univer- sity student from Ghana is spending five months on Ontario hums as part of an exchange with Canadian Crossroads. lnteroational through the Ontario Federation of Agricul- ture. Michael Abity of Bawku near Bolgatanga, the capital of Upper Region in Ghana, is preparing his thesis at the University of Ghana A botany major, he is interested in the storage methods used by Ontario farmers to store their crops. He would like to week with the ministry" of agriculture in his own country when he finishes his thesis. He is currently spending two weeks with Merle and Sheila Gun- by on their Ashfield farm. Fanning methods in Canada are very different from those in Ghana. Michael's father has 10 acres of land wheie he fauns millet, rice, peanuts and garden vegetables. His livestock consists of between six and eight cows. Michael's' older brother helps his father with the farm. They grow vegetables during the dry season using dams for ir- rigation and their other crops during the rainy season from mid-May W November. They work the land with hand tools and med.