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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1988-07-27, Page 4Page 4 —Lucknow Sentinel, Wednesday, July 27,1988 P.O. Box 400, Lucknow, Ontario NOG 2H0 528-2822 • Established 1873 BLUE RIBBON AWARD 1988 Thomas Thompson -Advertising Manager Subscription rates in advance: Rob Bundy -Editor $1790 Outside Canada $6090 Pat Livingston -General Manager $1490 Outside Canada $5890 Senior Citizen Second class mailing reg. no. 0847 Advertising is accepted on the condition that in the event of a typographical error, the portion of the advertising space occupied by the erroneous item together with a reasonable allowance for signature, will not be charged for, but the balance of the advertisment will be paid at the applicable rates. Take a hike for safety's sake Statistics just released by the Candian Safety Council show that 104 Candians died in farm -related accidents last year. Provincially. Ontario was the highest with 30 percent of all farm deaths. Most farm accidents involve the use of agricultural machinery and a surprising amount of the fatalities involve children. The week of July 25 through 31 has been designated Farm Safety Week in Canada. It is a program of .public awarness which aims at pro- moting safer work pratices on Canadian farms. And every member of a farm family should take the time this week especially to review their operation and aim at making it safer. Since 1973. when the first Farm Safety Week was launched, the Canada Safety Council has been providing information and educational materials to help spread the message of farm safety. This year's theme. "You can improve farm safety", emphasizes the important role in- divival farmers and their families can play in improving the safety and efficiency of their own operation._„ As part of the campaign. the Council is urging all farm families to take a summer safety hike to determine if hazards exist aroundtheir farms. Be sure to involve the young members of the farm as well as this information is of great importance to them. There has been a significant and steady decrease in the number of person killed or injured in farm accidents in recent years. From 1976 to the present, farm fatalities have dropped from 190 annually. This represents a 45 percent decline over a twelve-year period. By taking even a few moments to make the youngsters aware of the dangers on the farm, we can all expect these figures to improve in the years ahead. R.B. Is housework cause or cure The wife had reason to spend a little time in the hospital recently, at St. Joe's in Lon- don. She's fine now, I'm happy to say, following a couple of tense days under the watchful eyes of a barrage of MD's. I had lots of time to think about things - life in general, how vending machines work, how many ceiling tiles there are in the average room - while waiting anxious- ly in the anxious waiting room of the hospital. One thing I have firmly decided on, after hours and hours and hours and hours of waiting, is that in my will I intend to leave to the hospital a ten year's subscription to Newsweek. I will insist, though, that the old issues of the magazine left in my name be removed from the waiting room once they have been there over three weeks. Did you know that, in all of St. Joseph's Hospital, there is not a magazine post 1986? It's a fact. Rhonda was "under the knife" for what seemed to be most of a day and I spent that time nervously wandering the maze of hallways that make up the institution...all the time in search of up to date reading material. There was none to be found! I thumbed through Time Magazine...October 1985. There was a great article on what Brian Mulroney would do if he was ever elected Prime Minister in the ancient Newsweek in the waiting room on the third floor. Up on the fourth floor, I reveled in reading that the space shuttle is very safe and could never blow up. In the surgery waiting room on the ground floor, Reader's Digest circa April 1972 predicted home computers while Woman's Day (February 1981) told me ON THE SIDE by Rob Bundy John Lennon had been murdered. Anyway...I made it through the surgery (so did my Mrs.) only after reading every magazine printed before Ronald Reagan was elected to his second term as President. When the cutting and sewing were final- ly finished on my spouse, and the doe had filled me in on the details of the successful surgery, I rushed out and bought the latest issue of Time and left it in the coffee shop for the next guy. One other thing about our week in Lon- don; when getting the post surgery in- structions before taking Rhonda home, the good doctor told me "She shouldn't do any housework for a couple of weeks." It was the first time the patient had smil- ed since she was admitted. And the first thing she said as I helped her into the house that afternoon was, "Gee, it's kinda dusty in here and that basement needs a good going over." I think she made a pact with her doctor. Has anyone ever heard of "Plenty of ` backrubs, no housework and frequent kind words" as a prescription for recovery?. I'm not taking any chances. That's what she's getting. Now that I have dusted everything in the house that didn't move, cleaned and polished the basement, washed every dish twice, fluffed the pillows and beat the carpets, she's feeling much better. In her words, "Just a few more weeks of this, and I should be totally recovered." Of course by that time I'll probably be in the hospital having the vacuum cleaner surgically removed from my right hand... Have a good week! . 70 years ago July 28, 1918 S,,ldiers of the soil - All the boys and youngmen who, as Soldiers of the Soil, worked on a farm for three months or more during the present season within a ten mile radius of Lucknow, will be presented with an appropriate badge on Sept. 6. Arrangements to this end were made at a meeting of citizens held in Murdoch's and Cameron Co. store. Mr. Sidaneous, the district superintendent of the Soldiers of the Soil program was on hand for the meeting and sais that in Ontario alone last year, 7,000 young boys had helped on farms during the summer while the older males of the family were at the front. Cook books here - The Canada Food Board has just issued four small cook books which every housewife ought to have, and which will help save meat, wheat and other foods which our soldiers and Allies must have. The books are attractive and convenient in size. The four books can be had for 20 cents to any person asking for them. 60 years ago July 28, 1938 Combine sets record The Alice SENTINEL MEMOIRS Chambers all crop harvester, in constant operation for the past week in wheat fields in this community, continues to interest spectators who gather to witness the dual work of harvesting and threshing done in one operation. The tractor -powered machine started operation on the farm of Mrs. Dan Rose last week where fifteen acres was com- pleted in just over ten hours. This is believ- ed to set an early date record for having grain harvested and threshed in the County. There is also a Massey -Harris combine at Joseph Killough's farm near Dungan- non, but we understand it is y4t to be tested. Brick work completed - Brick work at the Lucknow Post Office has been com- pleted, including the clock panel and roof cupboard for housing the clock. The sheathing has been laid on the roof in readiness for the several coatings of tar and roofing material it will receive. Interior work will commence as soon as the metal lathing arrives. Altogether, work is progressing steadily satisfactorily. 4 and 25 years ago July 24, 1963 Floodlights topple in storm - A wind and rain storm, which hit this area briefly Monday afternoon, took its toll in Lucknow when two of the floodlight standards snap- ped off at their base and came down. The damage was noticed late in the afternoon and the town works department found the poles supported only by wires. As there was quite a strain on the remain- ing poles, the two toppled poles were quickly brought down to relieve the pressure put on the others. Lloyd leaves for Greece - Lloyd Ackert of Holyrood, organizor of the Kinloss Township Boy Scouts, leaves on Thursday enroute to the World Scout Jamboree be- ing held in Greece. On Saturday, Lloyd will be one of 144 who will board a plane in Toronto bound for Greece. The Jamboree is expected to attract 15,000 Scouts, leaders and officials .from 72 countries. It will run unitl August 11 with a return home scheduled for August 18. Arena floor has heaved - When the ar- tificial ice system plastic pipes were lifted at the Lucknow arena last week, it was discovered that the asphalt floor -in the building was cracked. Some suspect the cracking may be in the vicinity of the old Clark's Hotel which stood on this corner and was destroyed by fire some years ago. 10 years ago July 26, 1978 Almost 5,000 in town for tractor pull - Close to 5,000 people came to Lucknow over the weekend to watch the top names in the sport compete at the Molson's Point Series Class A Tractor Pull. Billed as the biggest tractor pull in Western Ontario, pullers flocked to Lucknow from Michigan, Ohio, and the Ottawa Valley as well as all over Ontario. The Pull was sponsored by the Lucknow Tractor Pullers' Association and all pro- cedds after expenses will be donated by the Association to the Lucknow District Community Centre Fund. Pool closed - The recent oubreak of sore throats and fever has promted the Lucknow Swimming Pool to take a precau- tionary measure to ensure no infection is contratced at the pool. The pool will be closed Tuesday and Wednesday this week to be disinfected.