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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1978-08-02, Page 2Page 2---I,uuknow Sentinel, Wednesday, August 2,, 1978 The severe wind storm, which struck a path through the area last Wednesday evening, toppled ,a tree onto the garage under construction at the home of Gary and Sharon Austin on [A,1 Campbell Street in Lucknow. The tree fell across the back of the garage roof and lifted the front wall from its footing. PopMeare,. talking. about US, pp,.rt4 warmly. Fuel Oil Service Talk to someone who uses CO-OP Fuel Oil Service. We think they'll talk about us, warmly. Not just because we keep their homes warm all winter with top quality. fuel oil but because of the way we go about it ... wa`rmly. We like to know our customers by, name! Lucknow District Phone 548.3044 Jot Power out three times....... CONTINUED FROM P. 1 The hole burned in the ceiling caused about $300 damage. UPROOTS TREE A tree was uprooted at the home of Gary Austin, Lucknow, and fell across a garage which was being constructed next to the Austin home. The wind also blew over a chimney on the roof of Loree's Lades - Wear. Adrian Keet of R. R. 3 Wingham, narrowly escaped injury when an empty 10 ton grain bin, blown by the, wind, walked along the ground and fell over onto the tractor he was sitting ' on POWER FAILURE Ontario Hydro, Walkerton, said the power failure was caused when the severe wind storm broke off trees and put them through the lines at Walkerton and between Teeswater and Wingham. Hydro crews replaced broken cross arms and spliced lines to restore the power about 11.30 p.m. The hydro power was turned off at noon on Sunday, July 30, for relocation of lines north of Kinlough, because of the construction on Bruce County Road 1. Hydro also did maintenance work at the rural feeders at the sub -station south of Lucknow, and maintenance between Holyrood and Kinlough and at the station at Holyrood. The hydro crew work went smoothly and they were able to turn the power on ahead of schedule at 4.30 p.m. Hydro had expected the work to take until 6 p.m. The power went out for a third time this week on Sunday evening between 11.00 p.m. and midnight, when a car hit a pole, west of Riversdale. First man on moon to open Ploughing Match The man who took "one small step" in 1969 will officially open the 1978 Inter- national Plowing Match in Huron County. Neil Armstrong, space- craft commander for Appollo II, the first man to land and walk on the moon, will open this year's match at 2 p.m. on Tuesday, September 26. The site is the Jim Arm- strong Farm, one mile east of Wiingham on Highway 86. Organizers are very please ed that Armstrong, - now professor of engineering at the University of Cincinnati, has accepted the invitation to participate in this .year's show. The achievement of Appollo II was indeed "a giant step for mankind" and the world has benefitted immeasurably from the tech- nology developed to put a man on the moon', Agriculture has been a great benefactor. The tech- nology of the space age can be found hi almost every aspect of farming. Sophistic- ated electronics monitor seeding and harvest from the tractor seat while satellites map weather systems and chart crop progress. Food processing and packaging techniques inspired by the demands of space explora- tion, have opened new mark- ets and marketing ideas for agricultural production. There are few exhibitions where the progress in agri- culture which evolved from the space program is more obvious than the Internation. al Plowing Match and Farm Machinery Show. Over 500 exhibitors will be on hand to show the latest new and imaginative developments in agriculture. Alongside them will be displays from the past showing where we have been and glimpses of the future, predicting where we will be. It is most fitting that Prof. Armstrong will open the 1978 International. Remember the dates, September 26 to 30 near Wingham in Huron Cou?ty.