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By George' Walker
It seemed like vacation would never
get here. $o, it's great to be back in
Huron -B ce. There's SO, much to enjoy.
Once again my wife and I are
spending our summer in St.
Helen's
'One of many wonderful
things here is our close 'prox-
imity, to -nature, On a: late • night
video run to Lu know, we encountered
back.
amphibian into, a pan:. of water. All of
this, within the, presence of a curious
local cat. We managed to get the turtle
into u local pond, where we set him
free.
You appreciate: a good
meal rnoreewhile on vacation.
We wandered far afield to
Wellington County and the
Clifford community centre.
Diane and :myself joined a good crowd
a fox along a back road". -He was running for Knox United's fish fry. It was a
ahead of us and I 'avoided him. I hope great 'meal. I made one complaint.
he returned his video on time. When the ladies brought out the choco-
It's amazing to :sight a deer Just down late pie, I'd finished dessert.
the road from you. We !saw a beautiful' People, most of all, make this area a
animal early Sunday morning. It .peace- . great place to visit. I'm thinking of
fully made its 'way through a field and friendly clerks in stores or neighbors
returned•• to the bush. who stop and shoot the breeze. Special
A direct contact with one of nature's thanks to the St. Helen's W.I. for wel-
creatures was unique. Diane and I were coming my wife to their recent meeting,
walking near the old St. Helen's -store. ' You made Diane's day. •'
We spotted a large turtle on the. road. As a visitor and regular reading ,of
He was far from the water and enjoy- : the. Sentinel, I know of Huron -Bruce's
ing the safety of his shell. Our new terrific •community spirit. It was'. great to
friend was touchy about being handled, see concerned people rally round • after
aril a little .defensive. In fact, the turtle ' the recent fires in Wingham It's just'
h ssed..at us:' ; one more .thing that Makes the region of
This, naturally, caused Ili some con- Huron -Bruce a• very special place.
cem..But, Diane and >i.::got" the luckless
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boycott - ri,vt Captain
Charles Boycott (1832-
' 97) was a bitterly resent-
ed agent for the 'Earl, of
Erne in County Mayo in
Ireland during •the 19th
century He 'demanded
extortionate rents from
his tenants, and as °a con-
sequence
on•
se. uence forced` throu h
q g.
-a large : number of evic-.
tions. By 188O, the Irish
*Jbe word
Land; League had had ,
enough of his harsh'
"activities, and in -
December of that year •
the local people were for-
bidden to work his land
or . to have any, , dealings,
'social or commercial,,
with him. This means of
`coercion or protest, by
abstaining from using or
buyinggoods Or prod -
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74,yeas ago
August 5, 192
Worth Hurn candidates take the field Mr.
H.J.A. McEwan mayor of Goderich is to .;be
the Conservative Party candidate for North
Huron with John W. king, ex -MP Progressive, as his
opponent in the federal electiono be held September
14th. ' . . •
Teeswater to have hospital W 'The`Teeswater'News
says that if all plans mature as they are now contem-
plated, Teeswater is` to be. privileged with a hospital.
Mr. and mrs+ ESC. Alien, late of Brooklyn N.Y., have
purchased the residence of Dr. Welts and intend to
remodel, the interior and fit it up; with .hospital. equip-
ment
qu p-ment suitable for minor operations, -maternity ward
and all sicknesses .requiring Special care.- ry
Kinloss Council' sets levies Kinloss council
announced its tax -levies forthe current year. County
purposes 10.3 mills, special school purposes, four
trills and for general townships purposes four mills on
the dollar. Schoollevies are to. be in accordance,with
a9'
ucts, and refusing to deal
'with a person or .group,
has ever since been
called a boycott in honor `
of the first recipient of
this teatrnent. The word
has since spread to ether
languages;" ' like the
French boycotter, the
German boykottieren and
.the Italian-haic1ttare.
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held at LuclQw, Ontario,
Out for a ride on•a warm summer .day, 'fairyear-old Caleb 'Blackwell
and his sister.Abby, 1, from Cornwall were visiting .Nammie and Papa
Gibson in Lucknow. They -stopped for a chat" Friday at Granny Annie's
(as the„children,call her.) gas bar. (Vandermeer photo)
the requisitions.
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50 Years ago
Aust 7, 1946,
togenarian . Bowls at Goderich Over 30
pairs cots peted at a mixed' twilight tourna-
merit at GOderich last week. Fourth 'prize
being won by W.MeCoy, and Mrs. SotonYion. Of this
event, the Signal -Statue the following comment:;
"Luckriow sent a representative to • let the bowling
fraternity know that the,vw.omen.of•thattown-take ttieir
bowling ;seriously even' when well past the-three-
core-andiren mark. Over 80 years of ge, Mrs.
Huston . of Lucknow was a competitor. She .has been
bowling for more than a gnarter of aeeni.'t
Baseball - • Auburn-Bl..ytirCombines. have protest
the giro played here Last, week which Was called on
account of d ess at the end of the first :half of .the
eighth with the visitors leading nine to seven. At the
-end of the vent Lucknow: led seventc two and'the.
score reverted toci.this figure.
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:5 years ago,
August .5, 1981
A. nneal craft show - Lucknow Agricultural
Society sponsored their ,eleventh annual craft
festival this• past weekend. Many people reg-
istered from various parts of Ontario as well as.
U.S.A., Great Britain, 'Germany, Holland,
Switzerland, Australia, Quebec, . Manitoba and New
Brunswick. ,
i ionstravvellers - Three young men from the U.S.,
West Germany and Finland are visiting with
Lucknow Liens Club members and their families on
this year's Lions international Youth Exchange.
Charles Andres of Minnesota is staying with Mr.
and Mrs. Earl Stever of Kinloss :Township. Markus
Hanninen of Saarijarvi, Finland is with Mr. and Mrs.
Allan Gibson, Ashfield Township and Axel Boringer
or •annoyer, West +Germany is visiting with Mr. and
Mrs. Cliff Livingston. ,
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