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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
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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.
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