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Solutions aren't easy to . find
for social support policies
There's little doubt the Canadian government has problems
with its social security system. What 30 years ago was a great
comfort to citizens from coast to coast, is now little more than"
a bandaid on an open wound.
-It used to be that Unemployment Insurance was intended to
tide one over an unfortunate but very brief period between
jobs. Now it's a fund that maintains whole families during
long recessions; reimburses women who wish to combine .a
career with pregnancy, confinement and motherhood; provides
income for people who quittheir jobs or who are released
because of unsatisfactory performance; supplements salaries for
those who for one reason or another have only part-time work.
Thirty years ago, the majority of women remained at home to
care for their own children, Currently, of course, Most women
work outside the .home and those with young children often
expect government to assist them to pay for child care, early
childhood education, the training that the home once gave and
even the provision of some meals at school. •
Three decades ago, domestic violence was a well -kept seltet
that cost taxpayers nothing. Child poverty wasn't measured.
Food banks were non-existent. In the "90s though, society
protects and provides for thousands of women and children all
over the country who know nothing but physical -mental or
sexual abuse;hunger, destitution.
It's a much different . world today: And different social
support policiesare definitely needed. .
$ut solutions aren't .easy. Neither are affordable programs
that take good care of those in dire straits without over -taxing
those who pay thebillsor hampering recovery in. the midst, of
economic downturns. That's what's happening now ... and it
must stop.- SJK
AM5LINGS
by. Pat Livingston
Are we becoming a paranoid society?
Arecent report in MacLean's
suggests that this past
Christmas season appeared
to be one where many Canadians
"seem to be especially afraid of
burglars, muggers and abusive
employers," according . to the
owner of Spytech. The Toronto
firm sells and rents surveillance
and safety gadgetry and was
apparently very busy the final
weeks leading up•to Christmas.
. A, look at the "hottest items"
kind of makes you wonder what
our world has come to.
For those wanting to discretely
obtain evidence on another, purse
tape recorders and umbrella micro-
phones were popular. Mind you,
your pocket book or plastic •limit
had better be healthy. The' iteths •
retailed for $595 and $395
respectively.
For those concerned with a
loved one's safety, bulletproof
vests could rest under the treeif
you had $495 floating around.
• If you felt the need to check out
your friends for weapons, a hand-
held metal detector was available;
the cheaper model for $295, rang-
ing thereafter to $450. They can
Abe rented for $15 a day.
A' very popular item was a safe
can, made and weighted to appear
like a can of pop. Great for the
jewels and other small valuables,
these retailed at $17.95.
Then for the dirt mongers there
was a popular book "How to Get
Anything on Anybody" or for the
business type "Who's Stealing
Your Business." •
The one item that really grabbed
my attention was a Teddy Bear,
Garfield or Cat model video 'cam,
eta retailing for $1500. The sug-
gestion for use was to place it on
a shelf to videotape the babysitter
while parents are out!
The use of such an article for
such a reason brings all kinds of
questions•to my mind. If one has a
reliable babysitter, why would a
parent feel it necessary to_video
what was going on in the home in
their absence. If parents have a
person they feel to be unreliable,
why would you waste precious
time in videoing the sitter. Simply
refrain from hiring him/her again.
Why put your child's safety in any.
further danger if concerned with'"
the conduct of a sitter? •
While I do believe there are a
lot of legitimate situations where
use of any of the "hottest items" -
may be necessary, my first reac-
tion was to wonder what our
world is coming to. On the other
hand, reading any of the dailies, it
is easy to see why some of society
may be very paranoid;
This picture taken In 1938 or 39 is of the Sepoy intemtediate
team and includes from The left, Johnny Dahmer, Campbell.
Thompson, Charlie Webster, Babe Book, Punch MacDonald, Bill
Hauls, Toby Greer, Elwood Solomon, Jack Fisher, George Book,
Harold Ritchie, Keith McCormick and Bob MacKenzie. The
handsome threesome:.Jack Fisher, Babe Book and Toby Greer.
Mr. Greer lent these pictures ,to the Sentinel.
Pictorial
memo.,
70 years ago, -slippers were selling for $1.25
70 years ago •
January 4, 19-4.:
dvertisments - Rathwell and
Turner, of Lucknow was
promoting cozy slippers. at
the low price oft$1.25 •
E. Hollyman's Saturday specials
were puff pastries, datecakes, corn
cake and corn gems. The business
also had a new supply of orangeos,
dates, • grape fruit, etc.
The Lucknow Table Co. Ltd., was
looking for a small stock of Maple,
Beech and Birch logs for which
theywere prepared to pay the•
highest market price for good stock.
Benjamin Pearlman was paying
the highest cash prices for all kinds
of raw furs.
A. Blitzstein asked that you call
him before selling raw furs. He
claimed to pay the highest market
price as well.
In his . dry good store, Mr.
Blitzstein was offering great bar
• gains on suits and overcoats.
Local markets - eggs .50, butter
.28 - .30, hogs $10, wheal. $1.05,
peas $1.40, oats .40, buckwheat .75,
barley .50 - .55.
'50 years ago
January 7, 1943
•intuit boy in King's honor
list - For gallant acts in the
facer»of the enemy or bril-
liant and faithful devotion to duty
in administrative and other less
risky tasks, 331 members of the
armed forces were mentioned in. the
King's Canadian New ,Year's
honors. list.
Included was Flt. Lt. Donald
MacKay, of Kintail, 27 year old son
of Mrs. C. MacKay of Kintail. Flt.
Lt. MacKay is attached to the RAF
• overseas, and his • citation in the
honors list was under the heading
"commendation for services ren-
dered in the air, non operational."
Donald is a brother of Duncan
MacKay who taught at Lanes and at
Kintail schools.
A delicious goose - Mrs. Peter
McCall found a note' tucked under
the wing of a goose which she
recently bought at a local butcher
shop. The note, written in her own
handwriting by `8 -year-old Caryl
. •MacCrostie of Belfast; read as
follows: "I am a little girl, eight
. years old. I fed this goose bread
and milk all summer. Tell me if it
tasted good." 1
It did, Mrs. McCall said, and
• wrote Caryl to tell her it was really
delicious.
.Crudity no longer - "Saucering"
a beverage will no longer be con-
sidered a crudity, when Canadians
start replacing their present' cups
with those without handles, state W.
Harold McPhillips, regional prices
SENTINEL MEMOIRS
and supply representative, Wartime
Prices and Trade Board.
In announcing this change in the
- Manufacture of cups, Mr.
McPhillips said 9,000,000 cups
Minister accepts new charge
Rev. Neil McCrombie, minister at
Knox Presbyterian Church in Ripley
and at Ashfield Presbyterian Church
for the past. 10 years, preached his
farewell services to the two congre-
gations.
Rev. McCombie has accepted a
call to minster to First Presbyterian
Church in Stellarton, Nova Scotia.
without handles could be turned out
by the same plant capacity that 10 years ago
produced 3 million with handles. January 5, 1983
25 years ago
January 3, 1968
.organist retires after 15
years - A °Spanish marble
desk set was presented to
Mrs. Fred McQuillin in appreciation
of her services. .as organist. Mrs.
McQuillin retired in November after
serving for about 15 years. Her
successor is Mrs. Tom Pritchard. '
Fire destroys Ashfield barn -
Fire,'prior to Christmas destroyed a
70 by 60 foot barn on the farm of
Jim O'Neil on concession 10 of
Ashfield Township. Loss is esti-
mated at $15,000. •
Make repairs after fire damage
- A Whitechurch couple, Mr. and
Mrs. Bruce - Thomson, are
remodelling their home following a
pre -Christmas fire which did con-
siderable smoke, water and fire
damage to the house.
Combine soybeans in
December Combining
soybeans on 'New Year's
Eve is unlikely, but William Kurt,
of RR 9 Goderch, was doing just
that, when he combined a remaining
10 acres of soybeans. Actually the
beans were looking better than one
might think, said Ku n.
It's unusual to have a green
Christmas followed by no snow
right into the new year, as we have
had this year. Weather forecasts call
for snow flurries but no real accu-
mulation is expected this week, It
could be a late spring!
Mystery Santa..- Ken and Debbie
Selkirk, of RR 2, Lucknow were
pleasantly sulrised when they
returned from visiting with relatives
in London oder the Christmas holi-
days.
A Christmas parcel had been left
in the door of their home, for the -
twins, Matthew and Jeffrey. There
was no card to, be. found Mrs.
Selkirk has checked with various
people and is unable to determine
the donor. The Selkirks would like.
to say thanks in person.
•
Town Hall renovations - Reno-
vations to the Lucknow Town. Hall
are underway and includelowering
the ceiling in the upstairs auditor-
ium, panelling the walls in the
auditorium, the stair wells and the
basement meeting room.,
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