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The Lucknow Sentinel, 1993-02-03, Page 4Page 4 - Lucknow Sentinel, Wednesday, February 3, 1993 Published weekly by Signal -Star Publishing ltd. at 619 Campbell Street Lucknow, Ont. P.O. Box 400, Lucknow, Ontario NOG 2H0 528-2822: Fax (519) 528 3529 - — (•0 CCN YW4i0 CMCYNIIOM IMO Established 1873eA Thomas Thompson — Advertising Managdr Pat Livingston — General Manager - Editor Subscription rates advance: Local Regular 1 8� plus 1.26 G.S.T Local Senior 6l 5? plus 1.05 G.S.T .- $1605, • .Out -Of -Area (40 miles) - Rates available upon request Foreign + U.S.A. $9600 Publications mail registration no. 0847 held at Lucknow, Ont. • Changes of address, orders for subscriptions, and undeliverable copies (return .postage guaranteed) 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 portion of the advertising space occupied by the errorulous 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. Board holds the reins. Twenty Yearsago, when the Mid -Huron Landfill Site near Holmesville was first opened, It was little more than an open pit Into which just about anything could be thrown. And Just about anything was. During the 1970s, the dump was a mess. It wasn't a matter of mismanagement, but rather a matter of no management. Pungent fires burned on the site, trash blew with the wind and vermin of all descriptions had the run of the place. Thankfully,; times have changedand so has the operation of the landfill site. The site is now managed by a board made up of representatives from the eight municipalities whlCh"use It. Though the board still has a few environmental hurdles to jump, It Is well On Its way to operating the site In a conscien- tious manner befitting_, today's environmentally friendly lifestyle. The location of the landfill site Is a poor one. It was chosen at a time when society didn't concern Itself with leachate, runoff, heavy metals and toxins. But the fact remains there Is currently no other place to dump our waste and so the board Is stuck with righting yesterday's wrongs and moving forward with a better knowledge and understanding of the correct way to operate a landfill site. The member municipalities which use, the site, thanks to hard work by members of the Mid -Huron Landfill Site Board, took a bigep forward recently when they signed an historic user's agreement. It wasn't easy, but careful negotiation by all members of the board finally brought the municipalities together in consensus. The landmark agreement will see the site run by a strict set. of rules. Itsets out exactly how the operation will be paid for and what plans are in.,the works to keep it running smoothly, and safely until a better site can be identified. A laurel this week to the members of the beard for their (\) foresight and desire to bring the‘llid-Huron Landfill Site up to today's standards of waste disposal. (The Goderich Signal Star) ° by Pat Livingston She's waiting for the judge's ruling The controversy sparked by - Gwen Jacob in 1991, when she declared that women's breasts were really sweat glands, con- tinues. At a demonstration in July 1992, five women were charged with baring their breasts, as they pro- tested in support of Jacob, who was convicted of bearing the old chest in Guelph the summer before. The five women recently appeared in provincial court, and guess who was their lawyer. None other than legal guru Clayton Ruby. Wonder what he is charging the quintet? Or is he performing gratis? My bet would be gratis. Afterall, the prestige, should he be successful in his defence of the ladies, probably cannot be measured‘ in dollars. The legal beagle's reputation would swell to even greater proportions should he be the one responsible for a pre- cedent -setting rule that would allowwomen to go topless in public. Ruby calls the present law "sexist and antiquated" and says that •a new ruling such as Le pro- motes would "reflect society's new morality." He refers to enforcing covered breasts as "mor- ality of another era." In Ruby's opinion people are far more sensible and far more broad- minded about what goes on in their community. You may call it broad-minded, but I do question the sensibility of women walking around unfettered by "sweat gland coverings." You might get no response in Toronto, but I dare say in Lucknow a few eyebrows would be raised. You may or may not think of this law that -requires women to cover their breasts as antiquated, but how would ybu rate the fol- lowing? I recently read a list of some dandy old rules on the books in various American communities that can truly be called antiquated. I' m:sure we Canadians have our own as well. • How -about the one• that says every rgpm in a hotel is required to have -twin beds, set a minimum of two feet apart when a .couple rents a room for only one night., And forget making love on the floor between the beds - that's illegal too. In Nebraska, the hotel owners are required to provide each guest with a clean and pressed night- shirt. And it don't matter folks, if you're married or not, there will be no sleeping in the nude! Won- der how they would know if you did or you didn't. Patent leather shoes for women are against the law in Ohio. They act as a reflecting device for people to see what they shouldn't be looking at. Obviously, the thinking of we mere mortals has changed over the years. Will our great, great grandchildren chuckle over the notion that it was once illegal for women to bare their chests as they see fit or will the law regarding indecent exposure stand as it does today? We'll know on March 1 when the judgment will be handed down by Judge Katie McGowan. It was June 1921 and these students were in Room 2 at the Lucknow Public School. Left to right, back row, Ray Watson, Archie McMillian, Ivan Drinkwalter, Mae Watson, Livingstone Menary, Bill Henderson, Cliff Webster. Second row from back, Margaret McAllister, Alex Andrew, Elvin Pentland, Bob Purvis, Charlie Webster,allotman Wilson, Helen McDonald. Third from back, Sheila McLeod, Nora (Mae) Robinson, Margaret McQuillan, Florence Eaton, Winnifred Webster, Marion Stewart, Ruth Bradley. Front row, Mary Jewitt, Elizabeth McDonald, Winnlfred Nixon, Katharine McKenzie, Vera Sheriff, ? McKenzie, and Joanne McCallum. (courtesy Rev. Bili Henderson) 70 years ago February 1, 1923 Has a winning way - By a recent copy of a Yorkton, Saskatchewan, paper we see that R.E. Finlay, a former Lucknowite is still going strong on curling. His rink was again success- ful in carrying off first honors in a big "spiel" at Yorkton, and his aggregation also won a couple of handsome prizes at Saskatoon. It will be remembered that Finlay's rink also won first place in the Yorkton bonspiel a year ago. Fordyce - Messrs. Elliott Taylor, -E. Barbour and A. Havens are busy cutting down a large apple orchard on Wm. Taylor's farm. They intend selling the trunks and larger limbs for bobbin wood and will ship it out. We are sorry to report that our gentile teacher, Miss McKenzie, is laid up with a cold, with the result that the school is closed for a few days. Shoe talks - During the last two years the shoe trade has been rather unsettled regarding shape, color and style of shoes in general. We are glad to say, however, that this spr- ing promises ladies ti shoe of more normal shape and less of the nov- elties. A speaker at the big Shoe Con- vention held at Montreal said, "The prosperity of the .shoe trade does not depend on the novelty goods, but on the staple lines which every man, woman and child must wear in their every -day walk of life." This is also our idea of the shoe business and have bought our stock for spring with this idea in view. High shoes will share honors with low cuts, although the development of the fancy hosiery trade may call for increased favor for Oxfords. 50 years ago February 4, 1943 Public school pupils invest - For the first five months of the school year, the pupils of Lucknow Public • School have purchased War Savings Certificates to the amount of $166.76. The total for last year was $361. SENTINEL MEMOIRS A real runaway - Early after dinner on Saturday a horse, owned by Milton Kilpatrick, did a real runaway act. Coming in from the south, the animal swing up main street and took the sidewalk at the Town Office: It galloped madly up the street to W.J. Little's corner when the cutter struck a snow bank and the horse broke loose. It was stopped near Agnew's Garage. Fortunately no kiddies were in its path. John Farrish heads fair board - The 77th annual meeting of the Lucknow Agriculture Society was held with retired president F.G. Todd presiding. The meeting discussed ways and means of putting . the local fair "back on the map. Election of officers resulted in John Farrish as president; Adam. McQueen asfirst vice; Wallace Miler, second vice; Joseph Agnew, sectetary treasurer. Aid to Russia fund passes $200 - Off to a flying start, featured by a, $100 donation by the Lucknow Fire Company, the Canadian Aid to Russia Fund, has passed the $200 mark. The citizens of this °community are appealed to for donations of both cash and clothing within the .next 10 days. The struggles and suffering of the Russians - not the least of whom are the children - are helping to keep Canadians safe. 25 years ago January 31, 1968 Approve Manse -Sunday School combination Members of the Lucknow Untied Church voted almost unani- mously -to proceed with the con- struction of a new manse and Chris- tian education rooms adjacent to the church on the north side. The new proposal will include the removal of the present church house, the construction of a new manse on the site, a building link from the present church to the manse which would contain class- rooms, washroom facilities and a passageway. The entire basement of the manse would be comprised of Sunday School classrooms separ- ated from the living quarters upstairs -,by sound proof construc- tion: _..,.. Estimated cost of the project is. $50,000. - Change made in Anglican church parish - Effect January 1, the~'Church of the Ascension, Kinlough, became part .of the Lucknow four -point, Anglicali charge served by Rev. Stanley Jay. 'At the same time, St, Pauls Church, Dungannon was removed from the Lucknow circuit. The move will now find Rev. Stanley Jay of Lucknow responsible for St. Peters'Church in Lucknow, St. Pauls Church in Ripley, Christ Church in Port Albert, and Church of the Ascension, Kinlough.