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A loser at hagglin
Back at the o•ld„com- and myself, the buildings
puter after two weeks of containing the ''hunk -
rest and relaxation, and sters” a term .I use with
I'm just raring to go! respect -. was one where..
Let's hope the 'raring' we can always get into
mode lasts for a few trouble - spending
weeks. money. No matter how
There's quite a few hard we try to keep our
places in our vicinity that wallets closed,' we usual -
I haven't visited even ly endup spending,
though I've lived here for We managed to pass
a number_ of yearsr..So, -I. buy the guy -selling some
• decided a trip to the • kind of super broom, but
Western Fair was in we did stop to listen to,
order. And no matter his spiel. He was good!
where you go, you can "Now you're probably
always '..find some asking .yourself`' how
Lucknowites as I did. ' much thisbroom costs,"
' The Western Fair is he says. Everyone shakes.'.
really. similar to theCNE ; their head in agreement.
- just a smaller version. "Well normally it sells
•there's the 'midway; ., for $29.95 but here al the
agricultural displays and Western Fair- •we have a
products for sale... super deal, it is only $20!
For my sister-in-law And even better, my boss'
with hucksters
has given me 100`
brooms to giveaway free
to the first 100 buyers."
By now he's -got them.
book, line and sinker'
I even went for it
momentarily.: $20•:divid-
ed by 2, meant that .rny
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S-entinei. Memoirs
recta�ular fire destroys°
gin, crop and �:a��e S��a
70 years. ago
• Sept: 22, 1927.
ire 'destroys barn, crop and:
derive shed - One of f the most
,spectacular fires to occur in
this .district in many years destroyed
the large barn and implement house
on -the farm. of R.R. Button, one Mile"
west of Lucknow..
• It appears to have beena real case
of spontaneous combustion in the hay
and grain mow, as the first sight Mr.
Button got was when flame and
smoke burst through the east end of
the barn well down from the topof a•
mow filled with hay and oat sheaves •:
• 9,600 rtiiles Iby auto - Mr. D.M.
• Aitken and family from California
arrived at their ;Burbank home :after.
t! visiting in the area. They travelled
9,000 miles in their automobile: They,
f carried their camp equipment and
were at home anywhere,•'
{
50 years ago
Sept. 18, 1941. •
lew to coast .to complete.
internship - Margaret Salkeld
left for Vancouver on Saturday
to complete her internship in occupa-
tional therapy in a Vancouver hospi-
• tal. : •
Helen Salkeld leaves next. week to
AC
Guelph. : enjoying•' a trip to Russia to see the
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1 Canada -Russia hockey games there'.
resume. her third year studies at 0
To oversee Celina aid dispersals -
Rev; .and MrsHugh macMillan spent
the weekend here bidding farewell to
relatives and friends beforethey •sail
on their return to their mission field in
Formosa which they were forced to
leave in 1939.
Present `. plans ,are for .the
MacMillans to :said to the'•Orient
'aboard' a Danieli freighter,•with a des-
tination of Shanghai:
One of Rev. MacMi:llan's First
duties will be to supervise 'distribu-.
tion of the Canadian Aid to China
supplies.
When the folk of this community
'contributed over $1,400 to this fund
early thin year, little did they think
that'a Kinloss Township native would
have, the responsibility of ; seeing' to
the proper distribution of .supplies
their money .would buy.
25 years ago
Sept. 27, 1972
Book name announced - Dr,
W.V. Johnston's book is sched-
uled, to :be released, any day.:
The book will be called "Before the
Age. of Miracles: Memoirs of a
Country Doctor," and . will sell. for
$5.95.
Visit. in Russia for hockey series -
Mr. and Mrs. Elwood Irwin are
`' rrrxry�rN '` •r,,��i 3�' �.6 / it
r.
sister-in-law' and myself
could each have a broom
for $10! What a bargain!
But we kept on walking. ,
Then there was the
• lady selling some super
duper leather cleaner.
Spotting my sister-in-
law, who: is wearing.
suede boots, she calls her
over 'to demonstrate the
polish' on her purse. This
woman has some nerve.
She'd onlyy clean one side
of the purse; unless my.
sister-in-law purchased a
jar.: We • kept on walking!
Then there was this
young woman who
, claimed ' to have the
secret of beauty in a
-compact. We fell for this'
one. Vanity is costly! -
At a vendor: selling
chamois, we tried to get
the; better of him after I.
gave him a" "testimonial"
about the ,wonder cloth.
"We'll buy one pack-
age, but you have to
one more smaller or
thedeal, so we ca
it evenly," says my si...;
in-law.
He replies he'll make
the deal sweeter - we
each -buy' a package; and
he'll throw an extra small
one in each! I. could feel
the hook in my throat
and *the line being reeled
in: As :the ten .bucks left.
' lily hand, I- grabbed my
sister-in-lawwith the .
other and: we got out of
that building in a hurry.
The lesson:. never
engage: in haggling with''
a huckster. The cards are
stacked against you.
well at least me!
Correction'
Last week's cutline
under the 'picture show=
ing donations to the
Lucke w and District
Fire Department con-
-lined some errors -The
rrect information is as
.ollows: Peter Steer,
chief of the Lucknow
and District Fire
Department (centre
front)°received donations
from Mae Howald of -the
Lucknow Legion (back
left);. Kim Schnari (back
right) and Rhonda.
McArthur (front. right)
representing Fisherman's
Cove and its seasonal
campers; and Deanna
Reavie of f the. Lucknow
and District Lions
Ladies (front left); The
money will .be used. to
buy bunker suits and .any
funds left over will'.be
used 'for, , emergency
response :equipment..
ewar�
of this
scam
by Pat Livingston
Nigerian scam' .arti is
continue to throwout a
lure to bilk people of their
hard earned dollars. And
„that lurestretches into
Lucknow and area.
We .covered this scam a:
. few' months back, but
there now appears 'to'be a
_renewed effort_to prey on
people who have dreams
of• getting rich ;quick.
Those Canadian dreamers;
have lost over $40 million
according to a report in a•
city daily newspaper.
One business person in
LuCknow. has twice'
received the letter that
promises' money the easy
way;. The RCMP have
been working on' this fradd
that has been around 'since
the early 1990s. - Alth.ough
widely publicized,' people..
continue to get stung, .The"
Central Bank of'Nigeria, ,
whose name is often used
in the scheme to make it
sound more legitimate, has
placed warning ads in
daily newspapers.
Remember: "If it
sounds .too good to be-'
• true, it usually is." If you
.Chase HaCkett brings up the rear of ths float he receive one of these let -
and 'sister Emma (not shown) put in the fair to ters, recycle it or put it at
depict where town and, :country meet the bottom of your bird
(Livingston photo) cage,