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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1978-10-25, Page 6b --Lw snow Sentinel, Wednesday, October 25, 1978 The J:iI.i;'Ser.tb:i 1UCKNOW, ONTARIO "The Sepoy Town" On the.Huron-Brace Boundary Established 1873 Published Wednesday' • Published by Signal -Star Publishing Ltd. Sharon J. Dietz - editor Anthony N.' Johnstone - ,advertising and general. manager Subscription rate, $11 per year in advance Senior Citizens rate, $9 per year in advance U.S.A. and Foreign, $21.50 per year in advance Business and Editorial Office Telephone 528-2822 Mailing Address P.O. Box 400, Lucknow, NOG 2H0 Second class mail registration number - 0847 Hallowe'en and UNICE When children across Canada go "trick or treating" this HalIow'en, they once again will be carrying the now -familiar UNICEF boxes, fol- lowing a tradition that started in 1955. Since then the "Hallowe'en • for UNICEF" program has become one of the most successful fund- raising programs conducted by UNICEF. This year, again, thebulk of the money goes to providing safe, clean water for rural communities. This would seem a simple require- ment to most Canadians but, in the developing countries, there is no other single measure that would so dramatically improve health and living . standards. More than 1,000 million people half of them children. -- in the rural areas of the developing :countries lack an adequate supply of water. If all of them, along with 200 million more people in urban slums and shantytowns, were provided with this basic need, sickness among them would drop . by 80 per cent. The link between water and illness was demonstrated in 1962 in Japan when, following the intro- duction of safe water supplies in 30 rural areas, intestinal disease cases dropped by 71.5 per cent, trachoma by 64 per cent, and the death rate of infants and young children fell by 51.7 per cent. In Uttar Pradesh, India, the death rate from cholera was reduced by nearly 75 per cent after water supplies and sanitation - were improved. The death rate from typhoid dropped. almost 64 per cent, from dysentery bymore than 23 per cent, and the rate of diarrhoeal diseases by nearly 43 per cent. - As one of its goals for the current • development decade (1970 1980), the. UnitedNations is aiming at providing water for 100 per cent of the world's .,urban population and for at least 25 per cent of the .rural population. This will increase the number of rural people served from roughly 300 million to 500 million. In 1970, the cost of meeting this targetwas estimated, conserva- tively, at about $3,000 million. Today, inflation has more . than doubled this.figure to about $6,500 million. Some countries may be able to meet this target. Many of the larger and poorer .:countries, however, would have, to spend 10. or even 100 times as much as they have ,in the past, and. allocate a disproportionate share of their total future Linvestm,ent in order to achieve '-it _ . The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has been helping governments of developing coun- tries with rural water programs since 1953. This assistance began on a small scale, but over:the years the vital link between adequate. water supplies and the health and welfare of infants and children has become increasingly clear. Today UNICEF is : involved on . a .large scale in such projects, benefiting more than 30 million villagers -- approximately half of them. child- ren -- in 82 countries in the past. three years. Last year, almost a million Canadian children collected $1,246,000 in small coins:. So when children go out this Hallowe'en, they not only . obtain substantial financial support . for, UNICEF -- and have fun doing it -- they also: gain considerable insight into the lives of children in far less fortunate . circumstances. than themselves, as well as -a -realistic understanding of/he world com- munity. Letters to the editor October 17. To the Editor, By the looks of the weather; (that crispness to the air)` summer' is definitely over. And so is the grant that funded the Lucknow Energy Conservation Centre, The office is closed and the staff has finished the straypieces of.work that accompany such projects, But one very importantand. pleasant task has yet to be done - A Big Thank You to the residents of Huron County for snaking our project a success.: Without your help and, interest, the Energy Conservation Centre's job of passing along the message of energy conservation would have been that much more difficult The ECC staff would also like to thank the Lueknow Sentinel. We appreciated the support of the community newspaper and the space that was, provided for our articles and columns when it was possible. On behalf of the ECC staff, thank you one and all. Sincerely, Donna Hazelden. In the village of Cona-Cona, Bolivia, children gather around the new pump, - recently installed with UNICEF's help to bring clean water to the village. LOOKING BACK THROUGH 75 YEARS AGO THE SENTINEL A petition which has been, circulated in town, is to be presented with other similar petitions from other places asking the Grand Trunk Railway Co. for better mail service. During the past week Wm. Ferguson, the veteran horseman of this area who some time ago lost his splendid stallion, Pride of Lincoln, secured two more Shire stallions which promise to be a valuable addition to the stock of this county. From their breeding and appearance they can be strongly recommended to breeders of draught horses. One is Buckton Barberry foaled in 1890 and the other is a two year old named Enfield Masterrnan. A. C. Lochead, who has been in the drug business in Lucknow for the past three years, last week sold out his store to Dr. A. M. Spence of this village, who is now in charge of the business. Mr. Lochead has accepted a position: as traveller for the wholesale house of F. Stearns and Co., Manufacturing Pharmists of Detroit and . Windsor. The annual ploughing match under the auspices of the Huron and Kinloss Ploughman's Association will be held on the farm of W. E. Glass, lot 21, concession 4, ' Huron, on Wednesday, November 4th when a large number of prizes will be awarded. 50 YEARS AGO Mrs. Charles Stanley, whose home was a few miles east of Iinlough, was given a six month term in Walkerton Jail for having a whiskey still in operation on her farm,' She had just served a 20 day term for obstructing police in the discharge of their duty. In court .Mrs, Stanley ,.did not deny having the still and the magistrate imposed a fine of $750 and costs of $14 with the ,option of a six month term. As there was no means of paying the fine, the woman took the jail term, She appeared little concerned about the Court proceedings or sentence evidently 'being prepared for the worst,. it will be remembered that Constables M,celevis and Nelsen visited , the Stanley farm and thato while tvtcCleVis was search- ing the swamp for a still, Nelson remained at the house to see that the .convicted's husband, Charles Stanley, did . not leave. Stanley made a run for the swamp while his wife endeavoured to hold Constable Nelson, and, when he broke away, she set a couple of dogs after: him, and these so retarded his progress, that Stanley escaped. While this little scene was being enacted at the. Stanley home, Constable , McClevis was wrecking a still which he had discovered in the swamp. In passing sentence on Mrs. Stanley, Magistrate Walker intimated that, so far as he was concerned, the illegal distilling of liquors in Bruce County is going to be stamped out. 25 YEARS AGO Lucknow Juveniles, W.0,A.A. "C" champions, grand champions of the W.O.A,A. and semi-finalists in the Ontario Amateur Softball Association, were hon- oured at a trophy and jacket presentation in the Recreational Centre on Friday night. It was the first year that these boys have played organized ball and the compliments were many. The team was the recipient of the Belgrave Co-op trophy, emblematic of the W.O.A.A.°' "C" championship. A well preserved book of Gaelic Psalms was discovered recently by Mrs. Lloyd Hunter in ,they attic .of their farm home, formerly owned by the late Peter Watson. Penned on the fly leaf of the 356 -page book was the name, "Mrs. Mary Watson, Kippoch, 27th December, 1844". By an odd coincidence, Lucknowites who were visiting recently in New York met by chance in the "Marble Church" in that city. In the line-up of church goers were Mr, and Mrs. Philip Stewart and members of their family who spied.. Donald Hender- son who joined their party. An important milestone in secondary education in the Lucknow district will be specie.11y observed on Friday night of this week, with the official opening of the new Lucknow , District High School. The program will be held in the new school' auditorium and will be followed by an inspection of the school.