The Lucknow Sentinel, 1993-01-27, Page 4Page 4 -- Lucknow Sentinel, Wednesday, January. 27, 1993
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Clinton's . "honeymoon"
over; business as usual
Iwas a short honeymoon for Blll Clinton as the inaug-
ural parties ended and he took on responsibility as the
42nd, President of the United States. The oath wasn't
out of his mouth before he was attacked for permitting TV
sitcom producers who ran the Inauguration shows to sell the
rights to the Lincoln Memorial people's reunion to Home Box
Office, for a healthy sum of money. ,
His choice of Zoe Baird for attorney -general Is causing
embarrassment for his administration -because Baird hired
illegal immigrants to care for her child. 'Arid more skeletons
In other closets are bound to be revealed in the future. This
is to be assumed, Is It not, when .you are in the political
arena? ' •
At a; governors' luncheon, Clinton was quoted as saying, "1
face daunting challenges too great for, any person's mind to
n comprehend, or wisdom to judge or strength to meet alone.
I ask for your prayers and your support and your true
friendship - which. means your constructive criticism..."
Clinton's desire for this open forum amongst Democrats
and Republicans Is to be admired. Only time will tell if his
presidency will be different. One thing Is sure, criticism need
not be sought. The love -In Is over and Its back to the reality
61 politics - the criticism has begun and the heat is on. (PL)
She's fighting for control
For the first in seven days, I
honestly feel that I have regained
control of my life and my emo-
tions, and pulled myself up out of
the depths of despair.
The loss I 'sustained last week
was like cutting off my right hand.
A 25 year relationship is hard to .•
say goodbye to. You don't recover
overnight. You remember the
good times and the bad. The
memories are like a bright star in'
the night beckoning me. 1 fight for
control; I must be in control of my
own destiny, I can no longer mope
around feeling sorry for. myself. I
must get on with my life. And so
I confront my situation head on
revelling'in my self-satisfaction as
gradually I graduate from minute
to minute, to hour to hour, to day
by day, and I know eventually to
week by week where I will not
have this feeling of loss.
My family and friends have
been very supportive of me during.
the week. It's been difficult for
them too. They never knew what
to expect from me; what kind of
mood I would be in or how I •
would react to some innocent
comment. My "buddy" took
particularly hardverbal beatings at
times, but being a "buddy" stood
by me and did the best anyone
could under the circumstances,
always showing a smiling face and
exhibiting a sense of humour in an
attempt to pull me out of the
doldrums. I hope some day, 1 can
return the. favour.
At times I felt like two people.
.One of me was standing on the
outside looking at the person who
because of this loss had turned
into a weepy, self-absorbed, fly -
off -the handle shrew! I was so
miserable it was difficult for me to
even stand myself. .
But I think I can see the light at
the end of the tunnel. Each day it
gets a little easier, but I know I
have a tough road to follow still
for I am an ex-smoker and as such
an addict!
All of what you read is true. It
did happen. Over the past week, I
have often shook my head in
disgust with myself as I realized
how strong a hold cigarettes had
on me. And do you know, despite
the fact I am aware of why I •
shouldn't smoke, and taking into
account the amount of money I
will save, I still long for one in
different circumstances and for
different reasons. 1 guess that's
part and parcel of being addicted..
This week's pictorial memoir features the St. Helens # 4 School in 1940. Left to right, back row,
teacher Tom Wilson, Shirley Buchanan, Phyllis Gayner, Marjorie Purdon,, Mae McDonald, Marie
Aitchison, Dorothy Webb, Earl McDonald, Lansley Magoffin. Third row, Yvonne Magoffin,
Dorothea Swan, Wilma Gaynor, Jaen Aitchison, Margaret MacPherson, Florence MacPherson, Bill
MacPherson, Jack Aitchison. Second row, Doris Lyons, Kathleen Forster, Theresa Gaynor, Verna
MacDonald, Bob Lyons, Bill Bolt, George . Cranston. Front row, Jean MacPherson, Alice
Buchanan, Lois Webb, Bili Webb, Lorne Forster and Harvey MacDonald.
70 years ago
January 25, 1923
T0o much 'hootch' at
Kincardine - Under the
heading "Let's Clean Up",
the doughty editor of the
Kincardine Reporter Last week had
the following:
How good is the town you live in?
Just as good as you want it to be. A
town is no better than, its citizens. If
you think that . iso so,,' then
Kincardine has some bad a;tizens:.
Are all the stories true that we hear
about bootlegging? If they are then
it's time the better class of people
called for a showdown. We feel
satisfied that there are some who
are in the game, but they have been
at it so long they are known and
have learned to avoid the law. We
want to know this: Are the stories
that are told about young boys of
Kincardine peddling hootch true? If
they are then it is time a cleanup
was made. Where do they get the
booze they handle? It should not be
a hard matter to find the fountain
head who supplies them. ... We are
concerned about the good name of
the town and hate to have to listen
to such yarns as this being "the
easiest place in Ontario to get
booze." We know it isn't as bad as
some others but there is enough of
it going on to warrant a stop being
put to it. What about it? Shall we
face the duty?
50 years ago
January 28, 1943.
ots of horses in shed -
Sleighs and teams formed an
after -the storm parade to
Lucknow on Saturday, to create a
"parking" record in the United
Church shed. A total of 104 horses
packed the shed at one time. The
Presbyterian Church shed was also
filled to the doors, as well as
Johnston's Feed Barn.
Wedding party marooned -
When the CPR train into Teeswater
became stuck in the snow last Tues-
day afternoon, about 21/ miles from
the Culross Village, four passengers
enroute to Teeswater for a wedding
were marooned, including the bride -
elect, Miss Harriett Strome; the
groom -to -be, Pte. Reg Moore, his
mother and the bridesmaid.
Jim Little reached the stranded
train late that evening with some
food, and spent the -night on the
train with the other passengers, who
made their way to Teeswater the,
next day with the aid of snowshoes'
and toboggans. The wedding was
held as planned in the Untied
Church on Wednesday evening.
Suffered frozen faces - J.R. Lane
of Kinlough and Oscar . Keiffer of
Holyrood carry evidence of severely
frost bitten faces, which they suf-
fered while walking several miles
through last Tuesday night's bitter
storm.
SENTINEL MEMOIRS
The two men, along with Rodger
Corrigan, motored to Walkerton on
business early Tuesday morning
before the storm began. On return-
ing home and reaching a point east
of Greenock, they struck banks that
forced them to abandon their car on
the highway.
Mr. Corrigan spent the night in a
nearby farm house, and didn't reach
home until the road was opened on
Monday. Oscar and J.R. set out on
foot in the face of a biting and
blinding gale and it was 10 o'clock
that night before they reached
Blackhorse with severely frost
bitten faces. On learning that the
evening chores were being taken
care of the two men decided to
spend the night at Kinloss.
25 years ago
January 24, 1968
et salaries - Appointing
officers for 1968 and setting
salaries for Ashfield Town-
ship employees was>taken care of at
the first meeting of the year.
The wages for the road superin-
tendent and grader operator were
increased to $1.90 per hour. Other
salaries remain the same as in 1967:
reeve $400, deputy reeve $325;
councillors $250, clerk -treasurer
$2000, assessor $1500, relief officer
$50, labour $1.50 per hour, tractor
$4.00 per hour, snowblowing $6 -
$10 per hour.
Heads HuronJBruce School
Board Charles E. Webster, a
Lucknow hardware merchant, was
elected chairman of the Huron -
Bruce District High School Board
at the inaugural meeting.
10, years ago
January 26, 1983
Apply for farm assistance -
Bruce County farmers
ranked first in the province
for the number of applications filed
to the Ontario Ministry of Agricul-
ture and Food . under the Ontario
Farm Adjustment Assistance Pro-
gram in 1982.
As of January 4, some 326 appli-
cations had been approved by
OMAF, with a possible increase for
applications dated December 31, brit
not yet processed..
Under the program (to be
extended into 1983) there are three
options available to farmers, who,
are eligible.
Hospital investments safe - Trust
companies may come and go, but
the Wingham and District
Hospital's investments are safe as --
well, at least as safe as the Govern-
ment of Canada, members of the
hospital board were reassured last
week.
Gordon Baxter told the board that
while he looks for good rate of
return, he also chooses very safe
vehicles of investment for the hos-
pital funds.
Pictorial memoir
brings back
memories for
Lucknow man
Last week's pictorial memoir -of
the third room at Lucknow Public ;
School in 1929 brought back mem-
odes for Harold Greer.,
He recalls that Charles Jewitt was
part of the 300 member Canadian
contingent that went to Hong Kong `1t'`.
in 1940 to fight the Japanese. Mr.
Greer said Charles Jewitt died
there. Charles' father died in World
War I.
County museum
bucks trend;
logs increases
In a year when other area attrac-
tions ,saw a decline in attendance
and' revenue, the Bruce County
Museum bucked the trend and
logged increases.
Barbara Ribey, museum director,
told county council at the January
19 session that revenues from the
private sector and user fees hit
more than $20,000, well above last
year's level of $15,000.
Memberships were also up, a fact
that Ribey attributes to the newly -
formed Friends of the Museum
group and the building restoration
project