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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1993-01-20, Page 4• Page 4-1Lucknow Sentinel, Wednesday, January 20, 1992 inamemr • Published weekly by Signal -Star Publishing Ltd. at 6l acampbelt.Streer'Luchnow, Ont. P.O. Box 400, Lucknow, Ontario NOG a-10 4'-9;8-2822: Fax (51.9) 528 3529 •Cq h /h / .Q Ci N� Established 1873 /�1�'k', L NKIII*flOM •c A Thomas Thomppon — Advertising Manager Pat Uvingston- :General Manager — Editor , Subscription rates advance: Local Regular x1800 plus 1.26 G.S.T .- $19z6 Local Senior $1500 plus 1.05 G.S.T . x160$ Out -Of -Area (40 miles) - Rates available upon request Foreign + U.S.A. $960° Publications mail registration no. 0847 held at Lucknow, Ont. Changes of address, orders' for subscriptions, and undeliverable copies (return postage guarante.ed) are to be sent to Lucknow Sentinel at the above address. Advertising is accepted on the condition that in the event of a typographical error, the'p`ortjon of the advertising space occupied by the erroneous item together with', a reasonable allowance tor signature, will not be charged for, but the .baIa oe of the advertisement will be paid at the applicable rates. AMBLING'S by Pat Livingston Waiting for spring; the Jays One of the best things about winter in Ontario is that spring follows- and with spring comes another year of baseball and watching the World Champion Toronto Blue Jays. Hardly anyone in this province was unaffected last fall when the Jays trounced the Atlanta Braves. soundly - and brought honour, even temporary unity; to Canadians from coast to coast. It was a wild and wonderful celebration that followed, one that will not soon be forgotten. As 1992 wound to a close and ‘the wheeling and dealing began to show the shape of the 1993 Blue Jays, fans had mixed feelings. As, some of their favourites went off to pursue their occupations in other cities with other teams, . new team additions were announced which relieved their regrets and raised their Hopes for another great season. Truth is, there can never be another repeat, of that first great Blue Jay" World Series victory. There can never be :another time when just those players at just that time in their careers with just thatcombination of abilities will take the field at SkyDome. It's just as well. There can never be another group of fans with so much fervour and so much faith in such a state of ecstasy over one glorious game. Now it's on to spring training, and a fresh start toward a new, summit When the. umpire cries- "play ball" at SkyDome for the first time this year, it will be a changed team that takes the field. Whether: it -will be a good -team or an even better team has ,yet to be Proven. It matters not if the team is outstanding or ordinary. It will be our team and we, will the team's fans. That's as good as it gets until the next Championship is, in sight. SJK HAVE ;AN OPINION? Express • it by sending a letter to the editor of the Lucknow Sentinel. It must be signed and accompanied by a telephone number, should we need to clarify any information. The Sentinel also reserves the right to edit letters..' Looking to the nextmillennium be no logic to your thinking, but you have to blame someone or something! ' The article suggests that "instead of routine visits, we'll be able to perform a bloodless test at home by clipping a device on our ear that will read the molecular struc- ture of everything that -flows by in our blood over a 24-hour period." We'll then transfer this informa- tion to a personal computer and send it via modem to our phys- ician. This medicine by modem is predicted to be here in the year 2010, that's a mere 17 years away. With personal computers becom- ing more common, it is not beyond imagination that every family will have one within the ,home. And no doubt modems will A recent article I read in Family Circle got the grey matter going on an idea suggested by two writers. They were looking to changes we would experience as we end this millennium and embark upon another. One of their predictions is "medicine by modem will replace the office visit." Sounds good, right? No more waiting while the- busy hebusy doc and nurses tend to those ahead of you. No more exposing yourself to all kinds of germs floating around the office. You know what I mean. You go in for a sore toe and within 48 hours you have contracted the flu. You lay in bed cursing your toe for being the reason you caught the cursed flu at the cursed doctor's office where the cursed bugs lay in wait for a prime target. Of course there may become as common as computers are today. I refuse to have a computer in my home as I kikow I'd be taking work home. But I will have access to medicine by modem through my office computer. Now that's a scary thought. I hate to think that I'll still be sitting at this computer trying to pump out this column 17 years from now. Now medicine by modem will no doubt have many advantages, but it will also have many draw- backs. Gone will be the personal. touch - the nurse's cold hands, the coolness of the doc's stethoscope and of course those suckers that are a young child's treat s they leave the office. There's a lot to be said for mod- ern technology, but just how far do we want to go with it? This pictorial memoir features the Third Room at Lucknow Public School in 1929. The picture was slightly faded In areas, but we decided to attempt reprinting it. Thank you to Catherine McIntosh for the loan of. the picture. Left to right, first row: Verna Johnstone, Maudie Fisher, Eileen Johnstone; Bob MacKenzie, Harold Ritchie, Audrey Horne, Joan White, Frances Armstrong, Flora Webster, Marion Johnstone, Donalda. Thompson, Norman Taylor, Leonard MacDonald, Charlie Jewitt.' Second row: Alex McIntosh, Leonard Webster, Alfred Armstrong, Fred Miline, Jack MacCall, Philip MacMillan, George Joynt, Graham Sheriff, George Whitby, Elliott Webster, Bill MacKenzie, Frank MacKenzie, Rexford Ostrander. Third row: Edna Agar, Catherine McIntosh, Lillian Horne, Verna Steward, Audrey Henderson, Isobel Hamilton, Barbara Soloman, Jean MacMillan, Christine Finlayson, Isobel Douglas, Margaret Baker, Bertha Brown, Catherine Hunter, Ruth Parker, Margaret MacCallum,,teacher. 70 years ago January 18, 1923' • Getting on easy street - The ambi.don of many men is manifestly to get on "Easy Street." This ambition, 'so often expressed, has had baneful influ- ence upon young people entering upon the activities of life. Getting on "Easy Street" early in life is not the most desirable accomplishment, nor does it tend to afford ' the keenest zest to life's experiences. As you read the life stories of great men you find that few of them in their youth wrote•"Easy Street" as their address. Some of them came from "Poverty Lane," and "Diffi- culty Heights" was the birthplace of 'even more. The outlook in these localities is not pleasing, the houses are neither convenient nor attract- ive, but there seems to be some- thing wonderfully bracing in the atmosphere which makes up for all lacks. "Easy Street" is a good place for those whohave done their work.' It is not likely to harm those whose habits are formed. But the very last thing you should regret, young people, is that your bitth- place was not on "Easy Street." . Herd of cattle poisoned eating mouldy corn • - Mr. , Ralph Waechter, a Greenock farmer resid- ing about five miles west of Walkerton, had his entire herd of cattle, consisting of 35 head of two and three year old .Hetefords and other breeds, poisoned last week by eating mouldy corn. It , seems that on taking ,'the com from the silo, Mr. Waechter noticed a large quan- tity of it in a badly mildewed and mouldy state, and throwing the worst of it onto a manure pile in the .barnyard, put only the good stuff into the mangers for the cattle. On Wednesday, however, the herd got out of the stable and while romping about the yard came upon' the mouldy corn, which they all seem to have partaken liberally of. Shortly after they all became more or less violently ill, and Dr. For- ' tune, the Walkerton vet, was hastily summoned. Although antidotes were given and everything possible was done: to counteract the poison, 'two of the herd passed away in great Agony on Friday and three more succumbed on Tuesday, while sev- SENYINEL MEMOIRS eral others were in a seridus condi- tion. SO years ago. January 21, 1943 Married men included in call-up -• Western Ontario will be called upt5n to contribute about 1,400 men . for compulsory military training during February. Married men in'the'19 to 25 -year-old age class will be included, as well as single men who have just turned 19, and university students who have failed to make passing grades in their studies. Smallest woof leftovers can be used many ways - With wool high on the. "scarce commodities" list, ingenious' women are finding ways of using even the smallest leftovers Where there are quantities of little bits unsuitable for knitting avail- able, these can be cut into one -inch lengths and used to fill blocks cut from colourful cotton materials. When filled, these blocks sewn together make warm and pretty quilts. , All to get "A" books? - The Toronto Telegram carried a story last week to the effect that all drivers of private passenger auto- mobile`s would be issued "A" cat- egory books under 'a new scheme effective April 1. The "AA" book • and also preferred cagories will be eliminated, according to this report, but drivers will be given "A" renewal books froth time to time should their case be considered deserving. 4 Bag 80 Jack Rabbits -. A party of hunters from. Goderich, Bayfield and Grand, Bend, recently bagged about 80 jacks, in.a rabbit drive in• the Kingsbridge district. Rabbit skins are in demand for lining seamen's jackets. 25 years ago January 17, 1968 uspected wiring cause of fire - Wiring is suspected as the cause -of the major fire last week which destroyed the Lucknow Public School. While the definite cause of the blaze is difficult to determine, George Whitby, chief of the Lucknow Fire Department, says that the area on the north wall of the boiler room containing a heavy concentration of wiring is where the fire originated. The panels of wiring were located beside the air ventila- tor where the flames quickly made . their way to the roof of the build- ing. There is not evidence of. any problem with the furnace and boiler and all appeared 'normal in this department. Cause of the fire has • been listed by the Lucknow Fire Department as "suspected wiring." 10 years ago . January 26, 1983 Fire destroys farm - An early morning fire caused a loss of over $150;000, when . a• hog barn was destroyed at ° the farm of Brad' Gilbert,' concession 3, Ashfield Township. Approximately 50'sows and boars and 450 pigs of all sizes were lost in the blaze January 12. Named. Junior Farmer of the Year - Joanne Pentland of Lucknow was named Junior Farmer,of the Year in Huron County.