HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1978-11-08, Page 6gage 6-'Lucknow Sentinel;,. Wednesday, November 8, 1978
The Luckn ow Sentinel
LUCKNOW, ONTARIO
`The Sepoy Town"
On the Huron -Bruce Boundary
Established i873 - Published Wednesday '
Published by Signal -Star Publishing Ltd.
Sharon J. Dietz - editor
Anthony N. Johnstone- advertising and
general manager
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Mailing Address P.O. Box 400, Lucknow, NOG 2110
Second class mail registration number - 0847
LOOKING BACK
THROUGH THE SENTINEL
75 YEARS AGO
The village is still in darkness. The
great question is just now is not, . How
old is Ann, but what about the electric
light.
The village council evidently do not
follow the scriptural injunction to "Let
your light shine".
A Paisley man recently answered an
advertisement, "How to cure your
horse from slobbering?". He sent the
advice "Teach him to spit".
King Edward was 62 years old on
Monday last, November 9. May each
succeeding year more endear him to the
hearts of a Loyal people in all parts of the
globe, and may the Empire, under his.
rule, prosperand enjoy freedom, peace
and security, the greatest boon good
government can. give to a people. God
Save the King!
At a meeting of the Public School
Board on Tuesday, evening, the four
teachers in the school received an
increase of "$25 each to_ their salaries,
commencing in January. The salaries to
be paid for 4904 are Miss Burgess,
$325; Miss Archibald, $315; Miss
Cummings, $300 and Miss Barbour,
$300. The principal, Joseph Stalker, is
paid $650.
. 50 YEARS AGO
Ackert Bros. of Holyrood have been
receiving congratulations on the splend-
id success they had 'at the great stocker
and feeder show in Toronto a few weeks
ago. In the exhibit of Hereford groups,....
Ackerts won a first, third and fourth and
received grand championship for group.
There were 63 groups entered: They
also won first and Third for a car -load of
Herefords in a class of 11. Their
car -load also won grand championship
for best car -load lot exhibited. There
were 61 exhibited. . John Joynt won a
second for a cats -load of two-year-old
polled angus and a first for a group of 5
yearling polled ..angusk Together Mes- •
srs. Ackert and Joynt certainly put this
district on the map, as the home of fine
cattle.
The funeral. of Mrs. Brown Mallough
whosesudden death was reported last
week was one of the largest ever held in
Luc now Presbyterian Church.. The
form, Etta Belle MacDonald, Mrs.
Mallough is the daughter of Kr. and
Mrs. Thomas MacDonald, Lucknow.
Mrs. Mallough's death was` due to
fumes from a gas range, which
evidently escaped into the room before
she entered. On arriving home from
'school her son, David, found her seated
on a chair where she had d . evidently
passed away an hour or so before. The
little fellow was himself overcome by
the 'gas, but. Pater recovered, and
thinking that his mother was but asleep,
he proceeded to prepare supper• for, his.
father, who later arrived and discovered
the true state of affairs. Mr. Mallough
has returned to- his occupation in
Peterboro, and David is staying here
with his .grandparents.
25 YEARS AGO
For the third time in as many days,
the Lucknow Fire Brigade •answered a
fire call last Thursday night. A large
feed -filled barn owned by Alvin Sher,
wood; just south of Dungannon, burned-
with
urnedwith a lost of 1,500 bales of hay and
1,000 bushels of grain. Livestock lost
included a . purebred cow, a sow and
litter of 12 pigs. An implement shed was
also badly burned.
Dr. W. V. Johnston had the "once in
a million" experience of holdinv a
perfect cribbage ' hand on Monday
evening, while he and Howard Agnew
were having a game. The Doctor' held
the five of Clubs, the five of Hearts, the
five of Spades, the Jack of Diamonds
and cut the five of Diamonds.
• T. L. MacKenzie, R. 5 Lucknow, won
a 1953 Plymouth sedan in the prize draw
staged by the Ripley -Huron Branch of
the Canadian Legion. Tom couldn't
believe his ears when he was aroused
from his slumber to learn "of his good
fortune. He bought the ticket on Fair
Day in Lucknow. He plans to dispose of
the car.
Miss Belle Robertson has disposed, of
her millinery business to Sanderson's
•Ladies' Wear. The transaction which
was completed last week terminates a
long association in this business. She
learned the "hat making" business in
the millinery department of Wm:
Connell's store, when ready-made hats
were very common. Belle has operated
her own business for 25 years.
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Show an interest
in municipal elections
There are only three elections
in the surrounding townships
and thevillage; for reeve in
Lucknow and Ashfield and for
council • in West Wawanosh.
-Councils in Ripley, Huron, Kin-
loss, Ashfield and Lucknow were
elected by acclamation.
We would like to have seen an
election for, all seats' in local
municipalities but that's not
going to be the case.
The apathy apparent at sever-
al of the' area's ratepayers'
meetings when only a handful of
the municipalities' ratepayers
showed enough interest to turn
outis also indicated in the lack of
people presenting themselves to
run for municipal office.
In Lucknow we have a reeve
who has been in office for some
21 • years and, while he is
working with the surrounding
townships to provide services in
the village that we would not
have otherwise, he has only
been challenged on .two or three
occasions during his years in
office. It is. good to see he is
being challenged in this elec-
tion.
Councillors should not sit by
acclamation. They should have
to contestfor their seat against
other capable people who can do
the job. Councillors who sit by
acclamation do not have to give
an account of their actions,
,because the public is either.
apathetic to what they are doing
or appr_bve their actions without
question.
it's no good to holler, when
they start spending the money.
The time to voice objections is at
a ratepayers' meeting and todo
something about it by running
for office.
Some of the men who are
returning to office have sat for
four and six years on their
respective councils. They have
,given more than their share of
time, energy and service to their
community.
A° change is good.. It allows
fresh ideas and new approaches
and givesothers the opportunity
to serve.
It is also important to point out
that very, few women serve on
municipal councils in our area.
Marian Zinn is a school trustee
for the Huron Board of Educa-
tion and Marybelle Cranston is
an incumbent councillor fpr
.West Wawanosh. But for the six
area municipalities they are the
only two women who occupy, a
council or school board chair.
We are a long way from the
days when women were thought
to'be mens intelectual inferiors.
Women today work along side
their men on the farms, they
raise families and continue their
careers at the same time and
some raise their families on their
own, supporting their family by
Working at a career at the same
,time.
It is high time women used
their skills. to serve in municipal
government. Women have def-
initely got Something to offer the
people of their municipality and.
every municipality should have
equal representation by women.
This apathetic attitude to
municipal affairs, whether it be
in the lack of people interested
in attending ratepayers' meet-
ings or the lack of people inter-
ested in running for public office
is serious.
A local candidate for West
Wawanosh council, J. D. Durn-
in, observed that, if interest in
local councils is not shown,
there may come a time when
regional government will be
enforced on our area and,
instead of six municipal coun-
cils, there will be six repres-
entatives on a regional govern-
ment. One roan will represent
the interests of the people_ that
are now represented by a reeve
and four councillors.
If you have a problem you
want the municipal government
to consider; you may have to
wait a period of months before
your item can be placed pn their
agenda. It won't be a situation
like it is now, where you can
come forward at the next council
meeting, at the most, a �smonth
away, and have people from
your community sit down with
you and work out a solution.
There is a lot to be lost if
regional government comes to
our area. It is time we took an
active interest in the affairs of
the township or village where we
live. We are lucky to have people
on our councils who live in our
communities,, understand our
needs and try to get the best
deal for our tax dollars. -
But, the sbest way to ensure
that they will, do that, is to
challenge them during the mun-
icipal election. Show themntrhat
we care about the way T they
' spend our ,money and handle our
affairs. Find people who have
the ability to offer service to
their community and get them to
run r for office.. Show up at
ratepayers' meetings and expect
the council and reeve to come
prepared to give an account of
their actions during theirterm in
office.
It's too late to change the
apathy for this election, but it is
something to keep in mind
during the coming term. Start
showing ari interest in local
affairs and be prepared to run
for office in the next . election or
attend a ratepayers' meeting to
question councillors and find aut
what they've dobe during their
term in office.
If we don't, the township and
village councils, as we know
them, may be changed or may
cease to exist and our voice of
.,representation in municipal af-
fairs could someday, be the
voice of one. -
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