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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1989-01-18, Page 4Page4 --4awitinew BMW* W - �,. ! Jassary` 6 P.O. Box 400, Lucknow, Ontario NOG 21-11) 528-2822 Established 1873 aig711111, ' - s IMOD Thomas Thompson - Advertising Manager Subscription rates in advance: Pot Livingston - General Manager - Editor $1790 Outside Canada $6090 01490 Outside Canada $5890 Senior Citizen Second class mailing reg. no. 0847 Advertising is accepted on the condition that in the event of a typographical error, the portion of the advertising space occupied by the erroneous item together with a reasonable allowance for signature, will not be charged for, but the balance of the advertisment will be paid at the applicable rates. Ration e this one 0 you read the Toronto Star or listen to the national news, you have hero d : th `at Ontario 1 -ring in- fl1Stei l aVLvaiHfo is on the rovseat- regarding affordable housing in the Metro area. Apparently the average ,price of a new home in the Metro area is 8347,000, with resale fomes going for a paltry 8254.000. tlosek maintained that lames -could be purchased for less than 8150;000. but after :viewing.pictures Of those available for that price. one wonders why .anyone would lay out that amount of "money for a shoe box. Of course. there is the value of the.iand, if you are lntorested in demolishing existing !buildings and erecting an office etc., providing the area is stoned for your -purpose. Locally we are experiencing ,ei seliors market. Buyers are there. but the homes are not -available. People are moving to smaller com- munities where-tbe hov$ingas:more •s fforda 1e and -they either com- mute to work or find employment locally. While the value of individual homes is on the rise, the value of a farm is going down. Well -tiled. vacant land is valued around the 8800 mark per acre. While' forming'haseisraysireenagamble, it is•hardtorationalizethe difference in price. Let's face it, a 100 acre fare provides food . for a large =eitherof:people, but its value land wise is less than "what-iscall- ed a "handyman's.special" in -the cities. Of course, we ore not located on the sedge of a .city 'and will not ex- per-ience<a-burst of industralizedgrowth. tut ourfarmersarecm impor- tant Part of thisprovince:and country. 0 things continue they way they are; low returns, high input costs. .farmers leaving the -farm and their children moving to the city - who is going to provide the food to feed the .people of this province? While one can empathize with the -difficulties acing hopeful Rohe buyers in the cities, it :does .stick in one's crow that a tingle family dwelling is worth more then a family farm. PI. fitter's woes ma recentlyas azineglancing across -some beautiful sweaters. These were •package deals - you could order .the pattern or the pattern and the yam. The finished sweaters ion the models were beautiful and my brain started t ing perhaps I would order one. As fast as the thought entered my:rnind - it left! The pprobiems I had encountered in a previous attempt at knitting a sweater came ruing back in technicolor. Now I.can limit -simple things! Afghans, tongues, scarves, slippers don't Cause the too many problems. However, my first and last attempt at knitting a sweater stretch- ed over a period of two years. The lovely garment I had yearned after was not to be mine. The pattern I had chosen had a cable stitch down the front and sleeves, something I had never at- tempted. ttempted. After my sister-in-law gave me a crash cause, I went home and started. I sincerely believed that a size medium would fitand very carefiillycast on the re- , quired number of stitches and proceeded to . knit. The easiest part was the lower band and the back. After that had nothing but problems I persevered and finally had the front, back andtwo completed. Next came the task of putting these pieces together in a neat and tidy manner, followed by picking up the stitches that were still left on the needles and mitt on `four needles. I have Innougg problerns using two, give me four needles and my mind is completely boggled. Time went on and I appeared to have a finished product - one that would fit a gorilla! This wondeful garment I had yearned after wasnot onlywaytoo large, I had one sleeve longer than the other. How big was this sweater? This by Pat iivingstori sweetite r was so big, Mr. Fixdt could have rrawied into it with me! 130th arms w way too long and obviously I had krill too many rows on the right arm as it hung down two incus further than the left. 'Remember I recently informed you that I try easily. This time I didn't ery - I was soilarn mad I took thesweater, bunched it up in a ball with all the left over wool and pattern and threw it in a bag, which bag was then depsoited in the back recess of my closet! Time went by, and occasionally I would see this bag and be reminded that there was a considerable amount of money tied up in that loathsome article. The following winter, guilt took over and I hauled out the bag, sat down and calmly contemplated the situation. I wracked my brain trying to think of somebody it would fit. Mho did I know that was that large and had one arm two inches longer than the other? No one! My only alternative was to take it apart, unravel the wool and start over. Pulling thesweater apart took considerably longer than I had anticipated and the wool then ended up back in the bag and into the closet again. After calming down (again) I started over. The second time around, things pro- ceeded at a qui r'pace:t-had-d cidedto - - lmit a size small as I figured my tension was not correct. Finally the article was completed and I then referred to the instructions. Now I was supposed to block it. "Blocking" went right over my head. A quick trip to a local business and I was given instructions on Turn to page 5 • Si s-pAY.Swn; 7H� COl/LDALL ` V4 J' l0yearsago ,January 16,1619 Big business inhogs-Wednesday sof last week was a record hagvering day in Lucknow. The farmers may have suspectedthata alumpwas:pending,:andlt certainly proved good business; to get the porkerstothemarketweek. About500 hogs were delivered which at $17J5 would run in value between 18 mid 20 thousand =dollars. They were jdown:about;16.00 this week. Lucknow's flap ;publiclibrin7y -:is one of the most important inettitutions of the town. Not ,only is it a place for quiet :and pleasant entertainment, but it .is a great factor An moulding and directing the thought of thecommunity. Do you patronize it? Have you _ever looked through it? If mot you are missing something really ;worth au►,le. Its shelves .are packed with good, Inspiring and enter- taming ntertaming reading. There are close on -3400 volumes, _arid duringlast year there were .5000 books books incirculation; but as this large number of books ,circulated Among only :265 readers the managing board.feel that their:efforts to put good reading ,within `eaww -rah t01 the .pubic :are ;quite ,'. pi r . ET get loxess c' - Letterstdaitcdabout Christmas were received in Lucknow this week from Phillip Stewart, Alex Mac- Donald, Clarence MacDonald :and Arthur Newman all acknowledging receipt of the Chirstinas -cheer boxes and gifts, and they all express heartiest thanks to those'who sent :them. l years ago January 19,1939 Large crowdAtba metal - The old-time box social, .thathet frogn,�abuses has almostst ,passed f oro 'field ,eigertaininent, was revivied at least rs ice again by the Clansmen on Friday :night, •and :according to all appearances and reports, made .:a decided 'hit with the large crowd in ,attendance. Tie admission, fee for ladies was the re- ;guir nttt that»^� each lady loving a limb box,, and when `n hHenderson .took the auction block art. en;o'clock,hehad a good shoe work cut out for Um in dispg of no less than 92 attractively decorated boxes. Bidding was brisk with boxes bringing an:average of about ,50 tats. A price limit bad been jet at about $1.00 and the ,'rte ;up Of bases was prevented In almoOteverY Ambetiee` Drive y aey Big ba a gs `ofy rabbits, "f,, ill% to , are Wee weekly ''bY ` deria niturods, MO being thet in Saturday's drive in Asbfield Township near Amberley. Hunters varying in number from 81;00 from here participate in the drives and their numbers are added to byothers from rural districts. A new wrinkle is the appearance this year of fox fiat the scene of the bunt. They buy the : , at 20 cents each, for fox food. R • °money is pooled to pay for 25 yearsaago 4Jasiaary22,8 kYlr energises aleprecistou of Mrs. Jayit's :nerves at socisd mid, Lucknow United [march thole hada social evening after choir practice last Why even - g, 'when sincere appreciation was ex :pressed to Mrs. J. W. Joynt for herr many years of devoted choir servke, vrhich ter- minated with her retirement at the year's Fatheraaad Sim Served School *014045 'Vora r The resigmktion of Rowell 'Oa1' ant ocretaiptreasurer of SS. 9 K brought to mind that llaisuilla dad, Thomas Gaunt of Wingham, had served in the same position for 25 years prior to RusselL 'With Russell's 20 years service, this totals 45 years for the family, somewhat of a record. Thomas Gaunt, who resides at Brookhaven in Wingham, will be 80 years old February 6. years ago January 17,1579 Lucknow's New Year's baby - arrived at Wingham and District Hospital at 7:35 p.m. on Monday, January, 8, 1979. Welshing �8 lbs. 4 oz., he is Matthew David Eadie, theson of, David and Connie Eadie, R. 5, Lucknow. Lam "District Cooperative -the Co- op held the grand opening of its new store. Employees .at the .time were Nelson Hill, Jim McInally, Bob Shepherd, Linda Wall, George ogee, Gerald 'Wagner, George Cranston, Doug Tiffin, Greg Sayer, Fred Ward, Ruth ,fir, Linda Andrew and Dorothy Atkinson. Ripley Loses Two - The Ripley14adies Curling rink had lost two games and won onein competiion at the Southern Outwit) Cutting Finals in Peterborough at Press time��yYafternoon. he 'rink of'Brooks, Y'� v thaw Farrell and June Paquette, left Sunda to eolnPetein the three day event, which will decidethe three tape Who will advance to the all Ontario els. "l 11