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Some still believe
in humanitarian service
The story recently of the Toronto taxi driver who stuffed a
woman's assailant in the trunk ofhis cab before carting the
villian off to the police station, is like a breath 'of fresh air in
our otherwise corrupted atmosphere.
It was Ahmed Khodabandeh's first clay on the job. The fare
in his cab pointed out a confrontation between a man and a•
woman at a bus shelter at the corner of Dundas East and
Ontario. Realizing the man had a knife and the woman's life
was in danger, Khodamandeh jumped out of his cab, managed
to disarm the man and wrestled him to his knees. At that point,
• another passerby assisted IChodarnandeh to put the man in the
trunk of the cab. Then Khodamandeh drove to the nearest
police station and dumped his package. Khodamandeh's paying
pfassenger was charged no extra for the entertainment.
One police officer who was interviewed on television, was
absolutely astounded. Such things just don't happen in
Toronto, he said.
Khodamandeh would agree with him. The cabbie said
while he was struggling with the assailant, "all kinds of
people" walked by and lots of drivers honked their horns and
shouted obscenities from their cars because the taxi was
blocking their way.'
Is Khodamanheh nuts? Didn't he think maybe he could get
hurt?
"The lady's life was in danger, not mine," he said. "If this
happened to my family, I want to believe someone would help
them."
Alas Ahmed, it isn't so. By far the majority of cool-headed
Canadians would put self-preservation ahead of humanitarian
service with this degree of danger. That's what violent attackers
bank on = and, in most cases, they are not disappointed. - SJK
The original big mac
One a day keeps the doctor away
By Marsha Boulton
DUNDELA, QNTARIO, ,1811 --
What hard and shiny Canadian fruit
descended from one seedling tree
planted almost two hundred years
ago?
The world famous McIntosh apple
may have genetic roots to the fust
apple tree ever tree ever planted in,
Canada, but when it was discovered
it was growing wild. Ultimately, it
proved to be truly one of a kind.
. In 1633, an apple tree called the
"Fameuse" was brought to New
France from Normandy. It was an
instant success and apples became a
prized fruit on pioneer farms, since
they could be stored in root cellars,
dried or pressed into cider.
In 1811, John McIntosh was
clearing land to build his farmhouse
in Dundas County, in eastern On-
tario. In the undergrowth, he dis-
covered some seedling apple trees,
which he transplanted.
One tree in particular produced
exceptionally firm, red apples with
sweet, juicy flesh. While, other
apple trees fell prey to the cold
weather and disease, this particular
tree was the hardiest producer in
the neighborhood.
McIntosh's son, Allan, attempted
to grow seedlings from the tree in
the 1820s, however, none of the
seedlings bore the same crisp fruit
as the old tree. The original tree
was selfsterile and pollen from
other apple trees that fertilized the
blossoms produced a good tree, but
not quite the original.
The young McIntosh knew there
had to be a solution. As a
Nfethodist minister, he travelled the
countryside always carrying, a sup-
ply of the unique apples, which
were affectionately known as "Gra-
nny's Treats." Farmers throughout
the countryside were impressed, but
no one could solve the mystery of
reproducing the tree.
Just as his father discovered the
tree by chance, Allan McIntosh
discovered the solution to his tree
reproduction dilemma through a
curious coincidence of fate.
In 1835, an American farm
•turn to page 5
The Sentinel Memoirs
Editor replies to "talk" about
last week's bottle of gin story
70 years ago
July 12, 1923
AStatement - There has been much talk during
the week as to where the editor of The Sen-
tinel got the information contained in the
Article: "A Fanner, A Councilor and a Bottle of
Gin." It has been said we believe that the information
was given by Constable Douglas or by Reeve
Johnston or by both. This isn't true. Constable
Douglas never once mentioned the matter to us; and
all the information we got from Reeve Johnston was
that the men had settled before Magistrate McNab at
Walkerton, and that consequently there would be no
trial here.
The next information we had was from the short
article in the Bruce Herald and Times. As the truth of
The Times article was being called in question, we
decided to get firsthand information and we went to
Walkerton for 'the purpose of getting it.
Some folk who mistake the softness of their heads
for goodness of their heaps, and others whose sym-
pathy is always with the tiw-breaker no matter who
he is, are ever ready to cry out "persecution." Just so!
The lawbreaker always is "persecuted," according to
his view, and the view of his friends, who are little.
better than he is. The North Ontario desperado, who
couldn't see why he was "persecuted" by the police,
had friends whoagreed with him. He thought he
should be allowed at large to do as he pleased, and
his friends and the soft -heads though so too.
It is also said by this class that newspapers have no
right to say anything about these matters. "Why can't
they leave them alone?"
Well, newspapers often help greatly in the location
of criminals and the enforcement of the laws. They
have the privilege of publishing legitimate news, and
they likely will keep on at it whether moral or civil
law -breakers has the right and theprivilege to do
what he or she can to assist in the enforcement of the
laws and promote the public welfare; and good
citizens will do what they can along that line. What
sort of country or community would we have if
everyone was so slack, so indifferent, or so cowardly
that nothing would be said in the interests of law and
decency?
50 years ago
July 8th, 1943
Preached Here as a Youth of Nineteen -
Canon W. A. Townshend; who conducted the
evening service in St. Peter's Anglican Church
said he was happy for the opportunity to be here. Not
only as Diocesan Commissioner bringing greetings
from 266 other parishes, but because St. Peter's was
the second church in which he ever preached. That
was 25 years ago, when he was a youth of 19. He
conducted services for two and one-half months here,
and has never forgotten the goodness of the people of
the parish, making special reference to the late Dr. A.
G. Elliott.
He referred to St. Peter's as the lovely spiritual
home, dear to those who worshipped there. The
placing of the gorgeous flowers which adorned the
.church, had been a labor of love, he said.
Canon Townshend commended the rector and the
Parish for their very fine efforts and made special
mention of the success of the children of the Sunday
School in the religious education examinations.
M.H, Sales Manager - J. Melvin Reed has been
promoted to the position of sales manager of the
Ontario Division of the Massey -Harris Company. Mr.
—Reed had -previously -been -assistant -manager -Mel.- -
first association with the Company was as local agent
in Lucknow a number of years ago.
25 years ago
July 10, 1968
pectators Gather, Large Barn Moved- The
moving of barns s&ms to be a common occur-
rence in this area. On Wednesday afternoon
spectators by the dozens gathered on the Finlay
MacDonald sideroad to witness the barn moving from
one MacDonald farm to the other via the road and
across the river over which a new bridge had been
built just last year.
This barn was one of the widest ever moved by the
Parson movers of Staffa. This week a barn from the
Kingsbridge area will be moved to the farm of Jim
O'Neil. .
It was nice to see among the spectators at the barn
moving Mr. Dan MacLean who is back home with
Mr. and Mrs. Ewan MacLean.
I See by the Sentinel- That Miss Mary Ahara of
Wingham, winner at the Lucknow Fall Fair district
beauty contest last year, was representative from the
Lucknow contest at the Miss Dominion of Canada
contest in Niagara Falls over the July lst weekend.
Winning in Lucknow gave her the title of Miss Mid -
Western Ontario and made her eligible for the
national contest. Miss Nancy Wilson of Chatham was
named Miss Dominion of Canada and will later enter
the Miss Universe contest. Miss Ahara was named
"Miss Congeniality" by the fourteen other girls who
were in the contest.
That the Township .School Area of Kinloss and
Lucknow are putting up the Kinlough School for sale
by auction on Saturday, July 20th, S.S. No. 2 Kin -
lough is a brick building on a four acre lot.
10 years ago
July 6, 1983
amboree 83; a weekend not soon forgotten --
Unofficially it's estimated about 5,000 people
came home to Lucknow on the weekend to
ce ebrate the village's 125th anniversary. Ap-
proximately 3,000 people stopped into the Jamboree
registration office to sign the guest book.
The mammoth parade on Saturday drew crowds
from its origin at the old fairgrounds behind Sepoy
Apartments to Caledonian Park and back up Wil-
loughby Street. One hundred and seventy-five floats
and seven bands participated in the parade which
lasted more than two hours.
Wasn't it a party? Terrific, Fantastic Perfect
Weather! What more could we expect?
We wish to thank everyone for making our weekend
what we could only dream of.
From the bottom of our hearts, we wish to thank
everyone who helped to make everything go. A
special thank you to the Fire Department on the first
aid and traffic as well as the "Boys in Blue".
To the Lucknow Legion for the Parade and Drum-
head Service, thank you.
We could, go on forever but their is only one way
we can express our gratitude. "Thank You" Jamboree
'83 Committee.
• No midway- To The Children of Jamboree'83-
On behalf of the Jamboree Committee, we wish to
sincerely apologize for no midway. They simply did
not show up.
Collapses during Legion parade- The celebration
of the 125th anniversary of Lucknow was not without
its sadness.
Comrade Charlie McQuillin of West Wawanosh
Township, who was marching in the Legion Drum
---Head-Service-parade-Sunday, collapsed_as_the-parade
proceeded down Campbell Street. He died later at
Wingham and District Hospital.
SHIPPING OUT SQUARED TIMBERS IN 1894
at the south end of the CNR railway station.
The two boys are William E Henderson and
Jack McQualg. Standing on the timber are
James. J. Henderson, Nell Macinnes, Angus
Nicholson, George Gilles and Dan Hayes, the
station agent Standing in front Archie Nichol-
son. (submitted by Rev. W. Henderson)