The Lucknow Sentinel, 1996-10-02, Page 4Page 4Lucknow Sentinel, Wednesday, October x, 19
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Naked Ladies' on display
. Have you ever had some article in a
newspaper jump off the page at you?
Last week this happened to me while.. -
perusing a neighboring paper. The
advertisementwasn't large, but the
effective use of white space and, the.
heading sure caught my attention.
"Naked Ladies ,A.s` thousands now
showing 2 . locations this 'year," and ':
then it went
on to...giv
the , exact
'locations,
where one
could . ` find
these Naked.
Ladies.
Thinking I, with this, .1 called.
a teacher who is quite knowledgeable
about, flowers. He was quick with the
A reply . when asked if he knew what <'
'Naked Ladies' were. His reply was to
the effect. there are three definitions: 1,
•. a rock -group, 2,. an,. artistsmodel, and 3.
the answer was looking for but one he
didn't know. He referred me to another
flower expert. 4
I tried my shock tactic again ° with the
•
next gent, but much to my chagrin, he
didn't, flinch a bit, and provided me
with the info I was after.
'Naked Ladies' is the informal name
given to Colchicum autumnale, a flow-
ering aurin crocus. The plant gets the
alternative name because it flowers :.
without any leaves. A quick search at
4` the library revealed the flower comes
•
an
e ` wore
look like.
If you'd like to see them yourself
they can be found 411/2 miles west of
Belgrave .cin Huron Road 20, or 1. 1/4,
miles west of the lights at Hwy 4 and
86 (Wingham).
But you'd better hurry. With these
scold nights' and wet days, I'm not sure;,.
how long these 'Naked: Ladies' are -
going to hang around for our viewing'
l
P easure
urope+
:We 1i.;,
the picture
on the right
of this col 7
tixrr�n will
give . you a
black and
r' Naked ,.
white idea of what a d.
rtes
, :Ward' ,. (her) 'legs; the ;word
According to Webster's comes through the 'Old
Thesaurus `- the one at." `Fretieh-.00uard and the
the back. of stint crowd, Ital an.codardo from the
the one who, runs- away Latina word; cauda
• with his tail between his meaning a "tail."'
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These pale. mauve
Naked Ladies' `
(Colchicum) were
blowing In the wind
last Saturday in a
field just west of
Wingham'On Hwy.;
86. ;(lavingston
photo)
70 years ago
October 7, 1926,
oust Lucknow - Send in a slogan, short and
snappy, include the idea of careful driving A
number of citizens are boosting for suitable
entrance signs for :Lucknow, The Council offers a
prize of $5 for the best slogan for these signs, show-
ing. the arrangement of the wording. The signs • will be
7 ft. by 31/2 feet
Business `change - The ' mercantile business con
ducted" by Mr. Robert Brownthe past few years is
being changed to the Walker Store, with H.S..Wigg,.
frro rrlr Ilia, in charge.
The new store is carryinga full line of ci goods
��g
gents' furnishings and ladies' ready-to-wear,
dye
9
rue ebed;f . in business -
n Mock Firehichw
broke ` out. at the ` eave of the'. rear of Lem's
Restaurant wase extinguished in.the' nick of
ti1aPrevent se serious conflagration t e �e o.
. a �, in h heart f
the business section. The restaurant is one.of the
block of four frame buildings that were tinder -dry:
and would have made as furious fire had it got out.of
control.
While a hose line was being laid through the alley
to the rear of the building, a bucket brigade went to
work and brought the blaze under control. They
worked fromn:the roof of Rathwell's and Hall's' one -
storey. building, and obtained water handily' from the
second storey windows of the McKim stpadmerit.:w
To try ant with Oak Red Who - Albert Chin,
back -checking pivot of the fried hockey ter, has
had an offer of a tryout this fall with the tilt Red
u ,
Winthain Junior A team.
ot misty
When the terreratureo
,
,
to 86 degrees on: Sunday, `it was the -hottest October
dayen record for 46 years, and the.second hottest
..a� y day
since official record were kept in this community.
15 years ago
Octaher 70:1981
n
Roy
Haveas hon
n .. The L.:ucknow District
t
Fire Department artment honored Roy � Haves who is
retiring' form the department after 30, years
service. Fire C{h"ief . Geor .e Whitby presented oy
with a clock as a memento of his years .with the
department. Whitby tankful(' .that a look through the
call book determined that Roy had answered about
250 calls, in his 30 •years as a fireemanr
l'he cost of energy and transportation ,as it effects
the Lucknow minor hockey program was the topic of
discussion at last week's meeting of the minor hock-.
cy association. To keep costs down for coaches and
managers, a , travelling araniernent; for parents ofr
[aycrrs will be put in place. s:
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to the
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