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any times during the course of
a week, I find myself revert
tng. to what could be called
the old-fashioned way of doing some-
thing. Actually, it's net old fashioned
just: the wayI was'tau t. and• taught
g g
well;
For example, when addressing, an
envelope. the short form for Ontario
was Ont., Manitoba was
Man., Newfoundland was
NFLD. That's what 1 was
taught in school,
Now,; according to
Canada Post Corporation'
:Official Symbols" the;.
short foons, for the',prov ,
inces I.: listed above are:
ON, MB, and NF
So tell r ne, who decreed in my learn
ng 'flays those short forms that are,
automatically passed from my brain to
my fingers on the keyboard?'
Why were they changed? Was it
standardization?
And there's `.another thing that bugs
me and 'Makes me question myself. I
was' taught when making a dist of items
each item was to r' be separated by a
comma except for the the lastword pre-
ceding the word and: i.e ice cream, tea,
coffee, milk and -sugar
Now, it seems to be acceptable to
insert a 'cornnia before the word and:
i.e. ice cream, tea; coffee, Milk, and,
sugar.
I ;guess `it's not a big deal, but it's one -
of those things that bug me - adaptug!
In my March 27 column, I.beefed. off
V.
abracadabra in
medieval times this word
• was believed to possess
supernatural powers in
"warding off off disaster and
disease. Later,, it came to
be part of the patter used
by magicianswhen per-
forming a trick, and now
it is a synonym for "gib-
berish.',
It derives from the
about trying. to remember to use the.
appropriate. .politically , correct . word in
various rcefer�eices.
Anybody got any. suggestions for
"oI man winter's and, "Mother nature"?
Got that spring fever itch? I do! I'm
getting those golf;clubs;polished up,
cleaning my shoes,: and waiting to get
out°ori,the course.. I've got a tot of, frus-
trations 5 to take ut "or) those °balis the
first time out.
'Late Greek .d brasadabra,
which was a,, word used
in
'PerSia a by a ,heretical
early' Christian sect, the
Gnostics, to surnrrion one
of their gods}' Abraxas; to
their aid;
If the numerical values
of the letters in the, word
are added up the total is
365, a magical 'number
representing the number
of 'spirits who .were sub,-
ject to Abraxas
The word abracadabra
was .often written. in tri-
.
' angular form, and worn
asa charm or amulet:,
World Fact
Aachen' (Aix -la,:
Chapelle) a historic uni-
versity city and spa town
in western Germany.,.
.Pop. "250,t1El�
(Pat Livingston phots )
70 years o
April 22,1926'
lear . thewalks * ` Citizens of t''
ea . lir r< x�enls 'Lucknow ate
requested to'zclear- away the ice and and snow
fromthe
citizen
at. their; residents.This is
conev.
ion way inwl�►teh every ��► has an opportunity to
add :to the appearance of the town, well
� ,��!+ hl� the >ri,
as to the general comfort. Don't forget the spring
clean-up! ByOrder of the Council,
Library request reduced - A request from the
Public Library ry Board for the usual annual grant. ,
300 was; reduced to$150 h council, who suggested
.y gg
to the Library Board, more money should be raised
1.if this
from the. patrons of the flinty, , and' that this could
�
not be done, an appeal should be made to surround-
ing
u ound-ing municipalities as many users of books come from.
u� years -.a o
it 2511946
ablet unveiled - A special service was held.
Baster Sunday ,- in. the Whitech
urch
Presbyterian Church: A bronze -tsblet and
two
new windows were unveiled .in honorof the three
boys who lost their lives in world. War. 11.
The tablet was dedicated by their p arents and was
inscribe as 'follows
• This
be windowsare memorial to
Thrs table and t�� a
Flt. -Sgt. Alexander McKenzie Mowbray; F.O. Thos.
`Ferguson Wilson; Flt. -Sgt. Stanley James.
• Mclllwrraith, ` members of the RCAF whorgave their
lives: for thecause of freedom, .1939-1945
Co-op to build new fertilizer plant - The Lucknow
i plant
District Co -Operative Inc. is planning the construe-:
tion oil`a $10,000
fertilizer plantlana and warehouse at the
these municipalities. CNR: depot. Manger John Jamieson is hopeful, that
the plant will be in operation by early fall.
1
years o
April22 1981
toms .bold banquet - Sean Wilson received
ar lost improved player award at the Atom
banquet,
uet and Kir. k Livingston
.received the he
Allan achityre' Memorial award for ntost'valuable
defencenian:
Implement flood warning A project to imple-
ment a
m legent:a comprehensive floodwarning system within
the watersheds of the Maitlandand 'fuclnowRivers
has received approval of te Minister ofNatural
Resources.
Council news -Lucknowvillage council is.
requesting a copy of ;the Winghain and District
Hospital's : financial statement Before