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The Lueknow Sentinel
LUCKNOW, ONTARIO
"The Sepoy Town"
On the Huron -Bruce Boundary
Established 1873 - Published Wednesday
Published by Signal -Star Publishing Ltd.
Robert G. Shier - president and publisher
Sharon J. Dietz - editor
Anthony N. Johnstone - advertising and
general manager
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To Autumn
Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness,
Close bosom -friend of the maturing sun;
Conspiring with him how, to load and bless
With fruit the vines that round the thatch -
eves run;
To bend with apples the moss'd cottage -trees
And fill all fruit with ripeness tothe core;
To swell the gourd and plump the hazel shells
With a sweet kernel; to set budding .more,
And still more, Tater flowers for the bees,
Until they think warm days will never. cease
For Summer has o'er-brimm'd their clammy
cells:.
Who hath not seen thee oft amid thy store?
Sometimes whoever seeks abroad may find
Thee sitting careless on a granary floor,
Thy hair soft -lifted by the winnowing wind;
Or on a half-reap'd furrow sound asleep,
Drows'd withthe fume of poppies, while
thy hook
Spares the_ next swath and all its twined
flowers;
And sometimes like a gleaner thou dost
keep. .
Steady thy Laden head across a brook;
Or by a cyder -press, with patient look,
Thou watchest the last oozings hours •by
hours.
Where are, the songs of Spring? Ay, where
are they?
Think not of them, thou has thy music too,
While barred clouds bloom the soft*dying
day,
And touch the stubble -plains with rosy
hue; '
Then in :&wailf.ul choir the small gnats mourn
Among 'the river sailows, born aloft
Or sinking as the light' wand lives or dies;
And full-grown Iambs loud.bleat from hilly
bourn; '
Hedge -crickets Sing; and now with treble soft •
The red -breast whistles from a garden-
croft;
And gathering swallows twitter to the skies.
John Keats
Taken from John Keats, Selected Poetry
and Letters, Rinehart Edition.
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LOOKING BACK
THROUGH THE SENTINEL FILES
75 YEARS AGO
On Monday evening last the big ditch
near the bridge on Campbell Street
caved in, and buried two of the
workmen, William McIntosh and Neil
Beaton, up to their necks in stones and.
gravel. They were soon 'dug out of their
dangerous position, however, by many
willing hands, but it is fortunate thus
neither of the men ,were seriously hurt.
The street lights remain out in the
village and a letter to the editor from
Walter Stewart represents hisside of
the dispute .with council. Stewart went
to the regular meeting of council to
hand in a notice stating that increased
cost of fuel and other expenses made. it
necessary to ask°for $50 for each street
light per year and a fiveyear contract.
The members of . council were present
but for some reason did not meet. • On
the ° following day Stewart gave the
notice to the Reeve. By this time council
had had three regular meetings since
they received communication from
Stewart. Stewart attended the last
meeting on October'6 for °the purpose of
reaching ass agreement. A committee
appointed to report made a report to the
effect that the town could not pay more
for the street lights andrecommended it
was not advisable to give a contract at
this time. The council Adopted the
report, then proceeded to discuss
the
matter, and was informed by the clerk
that, after, adoptjng: the report, they
could not do anything more until their
next meeting. This is the actual
standing of the affair at this time.
Stewart's letter says he has taken the
only course open to him and .when
council .is' ready to talk business, he is
ready to meet them in . a fair and
business -like manner.
50 YEARS AGO
Rev. E. O. Gallagher who recently
was appointed rector of the . Anglican
church here accompanied by his wife
arrived in Lucknow last week and on
Sunday conducted his first service here.
The Ontario Department of Agricul-
ture is again providing free trips to the
Royal Winter Fair to some 500 young
men whowill be selected by the special
Judging; Competitions in each county.
In a competition of classes of horses,
beef, cattle and dairy cattle, sheep,
swine, poultry, grains, seeds and roots
will be judged and the ten' young men
with the highest aggregate scores will
be the lucky ones to ' get the free trip.
The oldest resident of the community
of . Whitechurchdied last Thursday.
Mrs, John Gillespie Sr.the former
Jean Hamilton, was.in her 100th year. A
native of Scotland, who came to Canada
when she was five, she settled with her
"family in. the Township" of Dalhousie,
Where she lived until she was 25, when
she came .to Whitechurch. She was in .
full possession of her faculties until the
time of her death, having only been sick
a short time. She is survived by her son,
John who lives on the homestead. She
was predeceased by her husband in
1889.
25 YEARS AGO
The memory of a St. Helens airman
who gave his life in World War II and
whose grave is unknown, has been
perpetuated by the inscription on the
new Runneytnede Memorial, which witg
unveiled hi England on Saturday by
Queen Elizabeth II. Flying Officer
George McQuillin is one of 20,455
Commonwealth airmen who gave their.
lives in W.W. II and have no known
graves. Flying Officer McQuillin was
reported missing in January of 1943.
The Runneymede Memorial, an impres-
sive white stone shrine, stands on a
wooded hilltop near the River Thames
overlooking the fields of Runneymede
where King John, signed the Magna
Carte
r, the first great charter of English
liberty.
Leg injuries, - which Murray Gaunt
received in a motor accident recently„
proved more serious than at first
believed. Besides a fractured knee cap,
he has a cracked bone in the knee. Fie
had a cast put on the leg ten days ago
and will shortly be able to move about.
Initiation for all Grade IX students at
Lucknow'aistrict High School began, 'on
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