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Fire bombs eingui
truck fire in 1948
50 years ago •
Feb. 12, 1948
Fe
bombs. squelchedtrack
r' e - .In sub-zeo weather on
uesday morning while Alex
Allen, was trying to get one of his
trucks started with the aid of a, blow
torch,: thevehicle took tire and with a
broken gas lien feeding a stream of
I fuel to the .fire, the situation looked
I. bad. • •
When die alarm 'Was turned in it
happened that the .rfire extinguisher
Man" Art'Breckles was on main street
.with a carload. of Sentinel. Fire.
Extinguishers.; Taking along a couple
of firemen, Art made a quiet( run to
the • Allen home. After trying the
pump gun extinguisher without suc-
cess be then hurled three or four
bombs at the base of the fames and in
a few moments the flames were
smothered out.
20 years ago
Feb. 8, 1978
Standpipe . overflows - The
Lucknow standpipe overflowed
early Thursday morning last
week spilling about ;.100000 gallons
of water to form a cascade of ice
dawn the side of the tower.
Town, ,foreman,' Cliff ,,Crawford;'
said the signal to shut off the pumps
was short-circuited. ``by water in a
man -hole on Campbell Street.
Tweenies ,become Brownies -
Moving up to Brownies and snaking
• their pledge to Brown, Owl ,Lloyd
Nicholson were: Arletta Glenn, Leisa
Rau, Michelle Johnston, Aide Clarke,.
Charlene Conley,Angela Glenn, Kim
Laidlaw, DeniseHelm, Cindy
Struthers, Nancy. Leblanc, Tammy
Stone, ,Brenda Davis, Julie Davies
and Carol Ferguson. •
10 years ago
Feb. 10,1988 .
ire department looks :for
donations - The Lucknow and
District Fire Department has.
undertaken a project that will' eventu-
ally expand their training program,
make therm better prepared to aid i.
when disaster strikes and, become an
educational tool to be used in . con-
junction with the local schools and
they need our help.
The project;' includes . the acquisi-
tion of a -good,. used color television
and a VCR,'and to complete the pro=
ject, the firemen are appealing to the
public for donations.
Mushball The X1988 reunion
committee was making plans' to par
tcipate tri the Kinsmen's ; annual
mushball 'totiritament:
School advisory committee
busy in several. areas
Playground improve-
ments, Grade`3 testing, the
new format report cards
and development of the'.
profile' of an ideal princi-
pal dominated that discus-
sion at the February meet-
ing of the Lucknow
SCAC, • •
The playground com-
mittee:has been active.and•
are in- the process of
developing a five: year.
plan for the school yard;
Feelers are, being put out
to local industry for possi-
hie funding assistance.
The students are being
surveyed this month to see
what their priorities are for
playground improvement.
'There is approximately:
• $7,000 in :the bank right
now from previous
fundraising efforts.
As most parents are
aware by now, •there is a
new type of report !card 0,0
the horizon for our ele-
mentary school children.
These are to be in use in
all classes in the 1998/99
Mary Lou, Raynard (right), -of ` Country Cltchen
Catering, gives Mark Becker one of her tasty.
tarts 'prior to the fashion show starting^at-
Sunday`s bridal show hosted by Margiq's'
Specialty Shoppe. Mark was one. of the `models
and Mary Lou figured a quick shot of sweet-
•
school year. However,
Mrs. Black's Grade. 3
class is receiving them this
,year as a form of a trial
run. In her ()pinion, the
new evaluation method .is.
ail improvement and par-
ents have been brought up
to speed gradually over
the term as assignments.
are 'graded using the new.
1, 2 3 or 4 designations.
TWe first heard about this
grading technique last
year�nuriJig the provincial
Grade, 3 benchmarking
test. •
The Grade 3. children:
will be tested again this
year on a province wide ,
basis, The test has been
somewhat reduced from
last Year and will •take
place for three hours a day
during ,the week of May
25 -.29. It is nice to see
the test scheduled .at the
end of the year,so.,all the
students should have a:
chance to atleast 'be
exposed ta: all the subject
;matter that will. be, on the.
test,
One of the duties of the
SCAC is to develop the
criteria that should be used.
in the: selection process for:
the school's principal To
no One's surpiise -the
resulting profile focussed
very heavily on leadership
*Tarn to page 5
less was; just what:he needed. _
Dear editor:
Byer have one ofthose
weeks when you felt Cott-
•pletely vindicated? The
'Financial Post, the Federal
Liberal. caucus and.
Ontario Municipal'
Organizations left me feel-
ink vindicated this week.•-
• The 'Financial. Post ran
an article saying electricity
would cost Ontarians more
When we went to a' tree
market system.
Other paper"s,quated niem•
bers or the Liberal caucus
'in 'the news, saying the
MA.l: ;bill negotiations
were too secretive. Lastly
we heard from attendees`
an Ontario •Asso4iation` of
Municipalities‘.conference,
They say small income
tax. • . cuts from ` the
Provincial Conservatives
will not meati much; to.
property owners who will
pay htge property. ;tax,
hikes .when the I'rov,incc
doiwnicrads siit:r,il.assis-
•tancc,•,puhlic housing and
policing. '
1 feel vindicated
because ,don't helieve
gltrhalizatic4n is good for ,
Canada; and al.t of the
above` stories are about
Canada's entry rnit 'the
global economy, tn. the,
global economy the'
"invisible hand of the roar=
ket" "rewards whoever prim•
duces the most for•the
least., It doesn't matter:
what kind of society aloes
the,producing. Goods glow
front militarydietatorsh'ips
or weak dernocractes
where workers do not
have any rights To com-
pete Canada must play the
• game" by global; rules and
give • up Our high . standard
of living. Ordo.we7
Consider the Olytnpic
Games. This is another:.
• they
.were run by, business rules
then the country Witt, the,
least educated;' most :mis-
erable athletes would win.
11' we are to competeglob-
ally' in the
lob-ally'in•the production of
goods and services then all
countries should ' have
common rules ft. the
tteatrnent of their workers
and the advancement of
theirssocieties. Until` this
happens, Canadians will
continue to read headlines.
telling,' us ,.about more
expensive electricity. and
less" money for education
and healthcare.
Gard Johnstone, •Ripley.
•
• 5Oth anniversary approaches
for Stratford Normal 'School
Dear editor:
There is a Stratford Normal School reunion class of
1947-48, "50th Anniversary' on May 2, at the Festival
Motor. Inn, 1144 Ontario Street, Stratford, Ontario, N5A
6Z3, Registration starts at 10 a.m..with dinner at 12:30
p.m.
Graduates please contact: Harry, W. Nesbitt, 19
Elizabeth Street, Apt.,' 1, Stratford, 'Ogtario ; NSA 4Z1:'
Telephone 5.19.271-6742. ,
Please bring any pictures, anecdotes and memorabilia .,
of your association with Stratford NiirmalSchool,
li arry°W. Nesbitt
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