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Page 4--Lucktow Sentinel, Wednesday, October 2 ,1189
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Residence Register beneficial
to teens and parents alike
A concept that originated with the Bracebridge Detachment of the
Ontario Provincial Police, in response to rowdy occurrences that
detachment was experiencing, resulted in a Residence Register form
being approved.
The Kincardine Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police now
has these forms available in their office.
Parents and teens alike are not strangers to the scenario that can
and has arisen when the principal occupant and/or parent leaves
their residence in care of a teenage child or ward while he goes
away. Once the "word" is out that the parents are away, peer
pressure in the school and elsewhere can lead to large, unruly par-
ties at the residence, involving Liquor Licence Act violations, Mischief
or Assaults. How often have we 'heard ;stories of maps being copied
and handed out to anyone and everyone?
Police have found mitten 'responding to .complaints :at -the -residence
that they are rebuffed at first by the people in attendance a 1 the
whereabouts of the parents is always "unknown". In order go deal
with •the matter effectively, the police are left to gather enough
evidence to obtain a warrant.
The residence register lists the name of the principal occupant,
location of residence, home phone number, date they will be absent
from the residence and where they can be reached when out of
town. It also contains the name, address -and phone number of local
adult keyholders while they are absent and an area where - the
name of children left at .home, comments or special instructions may
be included.
It gives authorization to the Ontario Provincial Police to enter into
the residence in order to investigate alleged violations of the Liquor
Licence Act, Narcotic Control Act and Criminal Code of Canada, ir-
respective of any refusal to allow entry by any occupant of the
premises. The authorization ; would be acted upon only in extraor-
dinary circumstances where t a warrant would normally have been
sought.
The form is not intended :as a request for property checks nor are
the police :going, to proviide a house sitting service.
The Residence Register form is beneficial in that once the parent
lets it be known he has given the police the information and
authorization involved, it may act jas a deterrent for unwelcome ;par-
ty crashers. It also ,provides the teenager with a great answer to
any peer pressure he may feel when 100 people show up to party
at his parents' house instead of ?the ten he invited.'PL
70 years ago
October 30, 1919
Thieves getting busy - Two young men
who drove into town on Saturday evening
to attend the concert, left their overcoats
in their buggy, near the Cain House barn,
and on their return found that some
sneak thief had been busy and made off
with their coats. The incident is a warn-
ing to others who have articles of value
in their rig. Since the arrest and convic-
tion of the notorious thief from Ashfield
a couple of years ago, there hasn't been
much trouble from pett3 thieving, but it
seems that somebody is catching on. Its
very inconvenient not to be able to leave
things in .a rig, but evidently it is an un-
safe practice. A good deal of chicken -
stealing is also reported of late.
50 years ago
October 26, 1939
Regulations re rabies prevention - The
Board of Health sof Lucknow approves the
following regulations for the control of
rabies. All clogs in the village must be
ENTINEL MEMOIRS
Rambler gets lost � AM8LINGS
1 have always known that 1 have no
head for directions, heck I can't even
read a map unless I tura it so lays in the
same direction I am headed! But last
week's episode of getting lost in East
Wawanosh township even came as a sur-
prise to me! Mr. Fixit wasn't surprised
in the least. His only comment was, "I
hope you aren't going to tell anyone."
When I replied that I intended to use the
tale in this week's column, he simply
shook his head in consternation.
After discussing my round about trek
from the Wawanosh Conservation area
with a few other imperfect humans, I
know I am not the only one who has ever
gotten lost in my own "neck of the
woods", so .to speak. One thing I did
realize, it is normally women who admit
to having this fault. Notice I use the
word ADMIT. Men are not so perfect
that they do not get lost, they simply will
not admit it to themselves or anyone
else. The man of the house always knows
how to get to his destination, even when
he has never been there before. Sound
familiar? Yes, I too have driven around
in the passenger seat, while the navigator
swears up and down where you're head-
ed is just around the next corner. Your
suggestion to stop and ask at the garage
you are approaching is met with stony
silence.
Although I have lived in this area for
over 20 years now, there are a good
number of places in the immediate vicini-
ty that I have never had the opportunity
to visit. Living in Ashfield township, I'm
quite familiar with most of that area.
West Wawanosh I know a little. I can
manage to get to Clinton, Blyth,
Wingham, Ripley, Kincardine, Goderich,
Auburn, even London without getting lost.
That is because I am on a main highway
by Pat Living�h
by Pat Livingstor
travelling to where I have been before.
Put me in a territory I am unfamiliar
with and I am in trouble.
My assignment was to cover the cross
country meet at Wawanosh Nature Cen-
tre. First I had trouble finding the place.
Apparently what I thought was the con-
servation area is actually the park.
Luckily I happened upon the right road
and after taking my pictures, decided
rather than go back the way I went in,
I would go the other way, as I thought it
would save me time. That was my big-
gest problem - I thought! It was a
beautiful day for a drive and as I con-
tinued on my way, thinking I'm headed
north on Huron Road 22, I began to
wonder why nothing looked familiar To
add to my dilemma, my gas tank was a
little too close to the "E" for my
comfort.
It wasn't until I passed the East
Wawanosh township shed that I actually
realized what road I was on - Huron
Road 20 - my. own road, on which, had I
turned the other way I would have end-
ed up in familiar territory. By this time
I was in Belgrave and feeling rather
bewildered as to how I had managed to
get so turned around.
No matter how many times I look at
the map, I am still bewildered. I have no
idea how I managed to get lost.
My only consolation was it was a
beautiful, sunny, warm day and I saw
some lovely farms and fall scenes.
Of course after repeating this episode
to Mr. Fixit, I w is given a lesson in
reading the sun. I have a better idea. I'm
going to suggest to my boss that the
company supply me with a compass!
The Freeman felines arrived in style at the rabies clinic last week. They were not
impressed with the noise and clamour as many pets and their owners lined up to get
their shots.
kept- in quarantine for six months dated
from October 27, 1939, and when out must
be on a leash and muzzled. The
Veterinary inspector has instructions to
destroy all dogs found at large. Owners
of dogs who wish to have their dog in-
oculated with rabies vaccine may have
this done by Dr. Evely. The cost is $1:00.
However, a dog so inoculated is subject
to the same regulations of quarantine as
the .others.
Second crop oats reaches two feet high
- The end of the week we received a sur-
prising sample of second growth oats,
that ;measured from 18 to 30 inches in
length. The grain was well headed, and
the heads have been rapidly filling ;out.
There were more than twenty-five stalks
in the sample, that grow on the farm of
Lloyd Bell, near Kincardine.
25 years ago
October 28, 1964
Todds do well at Walkerton Fair - The
Todd family of St. Helens made a fine
showing at the Walkerton Christmas Fair
last week.
Reserve champion of commercial
classes was an Angus shown by Thomas
Todd and going to Canada Packers at 37
cent a pound. The animal weighed 747
lbs. for a total of $276.39.
The Reserve champion in 411 classes
was an Angus steer shown by Hugh Todd
weighing 824 lbs. and was purchased by
Canada Packers at 41 cent per pound, for
a total of $337.84.
Hugh won the award for Grand Cham-
pion Showman at the fair.
10 years ago
October 24, 1979
Shelve decision on hospital issue -
Lucknow Village Council decided to await
the . outcr a of a Wingham and District
Hospital board meetingbefore allocating
funds in its 1900 budget to help the
hospital fight a legal case against the On-
tario Health Ministry.
A letter from the Citizens' Action Com-
mittee was received by council requesting
funds to cover legal costs of the hospital
went to court to question the health
ministry's right to close 14 beds at the
hospital.
Weather Memoirs
October 28, 1879 - Rain and increasing
easterly winds reached the southern
Maritimes, foreshadowing the arrival of
a massive fall storm. During the next 2
days the storm inflicted heavy damage,
destroying buildings, sweeping away
bridges and wharfs, and wrecking or
damaging more than 100 vessels. Several
lives were lost.
October 29, 1929 - A mild depression
moved over New York City, bringing in-
creasingly cloudy skies -in the afternoon
and rain on the 30th. A much deeper
depression settled over Wall Street as
share prices plummeted, launching the
great stock market crash of 1929.