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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1993-01-13, Page 4Page 4 — Lucknow Sentinel, Wednesday, January 13, 1993 Published Weekly by Signal -Star' Publishing. Ltd. at 6.19 Campbell Street Lucknow, Ont. P.O. Box 400, Lucknow, Ontario NOG 2y0 528-2822: Fax (519) 528 3529 ccN Established 1873Cr Al ��o r�ro ir JciaCuaAraw Thomas Thompson•— Advertising Manager Pat Livingston -- General Manager — Editor Subscription rates advance: Local Regular $1 800 plus 1.26 G.S.T .• $1.926 Local Senior $1 6UU plus 1.05 G.S.T . 51605 Out -Of -Area (40 miles) - Rates available upon request ' Foreign + U.S.A. $9640 Publications mail registration no. 0847 held at Lucknow, Ont. Changes of address, -orders for subscriptions, and undeliverable copies (return postage guaranteed) are tope sent to Lucknow Sentinel at -the above address. Advertising is accepted on the condition that ih the event of • a typographical error, the portion 'of the advertising space occupiad by the erroneous item together with a reasonable allowance for signature, will not be charged for, but the balance of the advertisement will be paid at the applicable rates. , --What- is the destiny -of -the young estinyoftieyoungPrince William? Many Canadians don't give a . fig if the British Monarchy. passes into oblivion. In fact, some Canadians would consider it to be a true relief. But• there's a core of Canadians who share deep respect and warm affection for the Royal Family headed by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. And it was indeed a sad day recently when Prince Charles and .Princess Diana formally announced„their separation after a little more than 11 years of marriage. Not only did it add to the Queen s grief in this ''hornbe • ear”, It tuts into. question the entire matter of succession- o -` • AMBLINGS by Pat.. Livingston. Y the Brttis throne and the very soul of centuries-old tradition for the British Commonwealth. Surely the Queen and Prince Phillip had. all the :normal parental aspirations for their children. They ' undoubtedly willed for them to be happy, useful citizens who would work, marry, become parents and enjoy life, even life in a Royal fishbowl. . As modern Royals though,. the Queen and Prince Phillip endeavoured for their children to more accurately embody the attitudes and actions of today's society, probably with the .added hope they would be perceived by British subjects to be less detached from the common man and more closely aligned with ordinary people all around them. While. the sons and daughter of Queen Elizabeth and Prince Phillip have certainly been free to celebrate contemporary living with all its exuberance and -abandon,none has chosen their mother's devotion to duty, to the Crown and to God as a way of life for themselves. Is it any wonder then, that some pundits proclaim the Queen will remain on the 'Throne until Prince William, now aged 10, can be groomed to take her place;! If that be true,.can one not now see how carefully the young prince' will be guided and guarded by the House, pf Windsor? For William to,become King of England, it is so important for Charles and Diana to relinquish him now t� Britain where. the burden of obligation and order will become his destiny? - SJK She wants co-ordinated protective equipment We all face certain hazards at our place of employment - some a little mre serious than others. As I enter my fifth year as editor, I am compiling quite a list fori'my boss. I figure next time we have wage negotiations, I might opt for protective equipment, all in the • latest fashion of course. I must admit, my employer is very aware of the need for prote- tive equipment in the office. I.. have enough weird items, but all necessary ones, to don when I enter the darkroom that I look like a scientist from outer space. Gives my fellow employees a good laugh when they see me with a navy smock, covered by a bright yellow rubber (I think) apron that goes down to my feet, elbow length special rubber (I think) .gloves, my eye mask and my breathing apparatus on. So you see, I am well -protected when in -the confinesof our office. It's•out in the field .- tto not a corn field well it could.be,in a corn field - that worries me. Last year•when covering a fire, I walked into a steel beam: When my head connected I saw stars and nearly panicked myself into an anxiety attack., I'm one of those people who n verlook above or below eye level; well ;at_least I was one of those. To protect my grey, matter I `t truly believe it is'only'fitting that I have a hard hat, preferably in pink. - Many times I have had to make an attempt at taking pictures in the rain. It's tough trying to keep your body and camera dry ,under an - umbrella and still manage to get the camera up to your eye, focus it and take the picture. Some entrepreneur out there must have devised an outfit that would suit this situation. Navy, I think would be a -suitable colour. Then there was the time I ruined a pair of shoes in a muddy pad- dock while waiting for a horse to decide he wasn't camera shy. Pink rubber boots would be nice to go with my pink hard hat. My most recent 'concern arises from my attempt to cover every hockey and ringette,team in town. This assignment necessitates my hanging over the boards to get a good shot. Now hanging .over the boards is okay when I'm shooting; pre -Tyke, Tyke, Novice or even Atom hockey. But when those kids get a little bigger and have developed some semblance of a slap shot, I get a.little gun shy. If Juvenile or Intermediate player, you can well understand my con- sternation. I've seen what happens to the human mouth when a puck finds it way into it It's not pretty. And how about if it hit my eye, or my cheek, or my shoulder, or my chin, or any ether part of my body? I'm a sissy when ft comes to pain. Then there is the other worry - my camera. A puck in contact with it and I wouldn't have to worry about developing that film. I simply cannot keep bobbing up and down in fear of a puck or stick in the face when shooting these games. It doesn't make for good pictures. I have two alterna- tives: hire a puck/stick watcher to stand by my side to warn me when danger is approaching, or dress so no damage can be caused to my body. Hubby does have that hockey equipment at home he's not using. I could wear his helmet with.a wire face, protector, chest pad, shoulder pads and elbow pads. Or I could hit my boss up for co- ordinated pink and navy protective equipment. Next time you're in the arena, if you see some female hulk in the 'aforementioned colours, don't panic - it's only the local photo - you conside Atte speed of the puck grapher doing her best to get a • off a stick -o 'a Bantam, Midget; good pica - a ' Fire destroyed public school in 1968 Pictorial memoir: It was January 8, 1968 when , the Lucknow Public School was completely, destroyed by fire. The next morning the four. walls and tower remained erect covered in ice. 4 70 years ago January 11,1923 hange in business - ' In another column announce- ment is' made of the sale to Mr. Melvin Reed of the business for many years conducted, by the tate Wm. Allis. Mr. Reed, who has aas�sociated with him his brother, Mr: VF;.P. Reed, took possession on Jaittta y 1, and has moved his office from the corner of Campbell and Stauffer Street to the Alin Block. The change marks the passing of one of the long established busi- nesses of Lucknow into new hands. The late Mr. Aliin, as a young man, was in business on Campbell'Street ' since the early eighties, and for many years was one of the success- ' ful men of the town. Curlers organize - An enthusi- astic meeting of the curlers of Lucknow was held with the follow- ing officers elected: President - W.A. Kearney; vice - Wellington McCoy; secretary -treasurer T.S. Reid; membership committee - A.E. McKim, W. Porteous; managing committee - H.R. Aliin, McLean Johnstone, Geo.H. Smith. A iocai bonspiei .is being arranged to be played off immediately. A false alarm - A story seems to have gained currency in many places to the effect that an embargo M" haltteeji.placed on the exporvof hard -coal front the U.S. to Canada, and folk ' with little coal 'in 'their bins, remembering that February has not Yet come, have been not a little alarmed by the prospect. The story appears to have no better foundation than scare headings in some of our daily papers. 50 years ago January 14, 1943 • Fuei situation serious - That the fuel situation is serious _ is. -fully realizedby those who may have recently tried to buy either coal or wood. In this issue William Murdie of the Lucknow Coal Company summarizes the Coal situation. Locally none is available and prospects, for any early deliv- eries seem almost nil. . The recent fire at the Lucknow Sawmill has cut off this source of fuel wood for the time being, although a pile of cordwood slabs is being buzzed '10: help relieve immediate needs. , One bright spot in the picture is the raising of the price ceiling .on fuelwood by the Wartime Prices obtained at the Red Cross Work - SENTINEL MEMOIRS , and Trade Board. Under the orig- inal ceiling there was little wood to be had and few farmers contem- plated ,spending much time in the bush this winter other than to cut enough wood for their needs next winter. With -help scarce and wages up, farmers with woodlots claimed that under the ceiling, the price took care of nothing more than the labor, •and that they practically gave the 'wood away. , Eight leave for Thunder Bay area - Eight young men boarded the CNR train at noon Monday enroute to the Thunder Bayarea, where they will be employed in lumber camps for the winter months. Those leaving from this commun- ity included Jack Ackert, Jack Wilson, Mel Stewart, Elliott Purves, A. Roulston, Harvey Scott, Law- rence McLean and C.L. Johnston. Red Cross notes Knitters are badly needed by the Lucknow and Vicinity Branch .of .the Red Cross. --Wool is • available and can be room each Tuesday and Thursday afternoon. ,If you can knit your services are required. Call at the Workroom for the wool. Cancelled post -stamps wanted - • Mrs. Edgar Hollyman - advises us that she has received a notice from England,."requesting a shipment of 3,000 cancelled postage stamps. Stamps of higher denominations and special stamps are requested as . well as the common 1, 2 and 3 -cent stamps. These stamps are sent direct to the, Brotherhood of St. Andrew's in London, England and the proceeds are used for benevolent purposes. Mrs. Hollyman previously sent a box .of these stamps. • 25 years ago - January 10, 1968 ire destroys .Lucknow Public School - A burned outshell is all that remains of the Lucknow Public School which has served the elementary education needs of this community for 90 years. The building was completely destroyed by fire on January 8 and its ruins stand naked and ice covered on the school prop- erty. The brick structure was gutted and the rapidly spreading fire left only the walls standing. The fire alarm sotmded between. 7:30 and 8 p.m. While a number of people noticed the blaze about the same time, it was Bill Chester of town who' ran to the door of Gordon Johnstone on Havelock Street and told Gordon to call the fire department. Those first on 'the scene found flames billowing from the air venti- lator on the north side of the roof. Air ,ventilators, running from the basement to' the roof of the buildT . ing, were on both the north and south sides of the structure and^tire ventilator domes ;;right be recalled by some as sitting on the roof of the building. The vents had an outlet in each room. • Lucknow Fire Department fought the blaze for close to 12 hours and • were on standby duty., until 8 a.m. the next morning. Wingham and Ripley, :Fire Departments were called in to assist.., Despite the fact that the Lucknow Public School was 90 years old, it had been kept in good repair, mod- ernized quite frequently and served .. the community well. Some of the main problems at the school .were that classes and washrooms were spread over three floors