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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1993-08-04, Page 4Page 4 - Lucknow Sentinel, Wednesday, August 4, 1993 Published weekly by Signal Star Publishing Ltd at 619 Campbell Street Lucknow Ont PO Box 400, Lucknow. Ontario NOG 2H0 Established 1873 528-2822 Fax (519) 528 3529 Thomas Thompson Advertising Manager Pat Livingston General Manager/Editor Phyllis Matthews -- Front Office Subscription rates advance: Local Reguiar 52000 within 40 nu radius G S T incl tical Senior 517°° within 40 rill radius G S T incl Out Of Alen (40 miles) - Rates available upon request Forragn r U S A 59669 Publications mail registration no 0847 held at Lucknow. Ont Changes of address, orders for subscnp'trons, 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 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. • Imagination could save millions of dollars. It wouldn't take the average Ontario ' citizen very long to pinpoint the places where money could be saved in the public service. Most people have seen the waste and heard the horror stories about waste. How many people do you know who have relayed tales about the annual government -employees' rush to deplete money leftover from so-called "spending envelopes" for some group of ' workers in some government -funded facility somewhere? You know the story well. A budget is approved for $X. At the end of the year, a new budget must be struck. Another requisition must be presented. You can't carry any of the old unused funds into the new budget and you can't give back the money. Why? Because if you indicate a surplus, the story goes, your new budget will be cut to the previous year's level. And who knows? You may need all of those dollars and more in the upcoming 12 months. So just to be sure you have enough funding, it's best to spend all of this year's money so you'll be certain to get maximum dollars • for the upcoming year. Better to be safe than to be sorry, isn't it? If there's any truth to this rumour, irt's a system that gives absolutely no encouragement to the thrifty andvery little incentive for careful management. It would bankrupt the average private .business, yet it goes' on year after year, .we're told, wherever federal and provincial government offices are found. With just a little imagination, governments could cut spending by millions every year by making it financially profitable for employees to be frugal. For instance, when one dollar of the budget is returned to source, there would be 10 cents to distribute to the employees where the saving occurred.. The money could be allocated as bonus dollars for workers, to purchase those little extras for the workplace or to build staff morale in some other way. It wouldn't matter. Any you'd figure the deal, the taxpayer. ou-ld--savei90-of 100-Bents--ever-y-time-the-10-eenf-reward w -a paid. But that's simple common sense, and governments reject it as beneath their broad knowledge and superior wisdom. Better to keep things confusing, confounding and constraining. And if you can't understand what that means, it is top priority for government. - SJK Sentinel Memoirs Check out these shoe pri ces 70 years ago August 9, 1923 Mid -Summer Sale - From the advertisement of Rathwell & Turner promoting their mid- summer sale of white shoes at bargain prices: child's canvas strap slippers, leather sole, .50 a pair; ladies' white canvas bats, with leather sole, $1 pair; all our smart step canvas strap slippers in white and two-tone $2.79; a discount of 10 per cent off all Fleet foot shoes in childrens, boys and mens. They also had Hurlbut and Pussy -Foot shoes for children, and a full stock of Scholl's appliances for tired, aching feet. ivic holiday in the park - Counter attractions and the habit of people to plan to be somewhere else on a holiday accounted for a rather small crowd in Caledonian Park to Witness the baseball tournament in which four rural teams took part. The program was quite entertaining, however, and there were very good exhibitions of ball -playing. It has been remarked .that the organization of baseball teams in the county districts is bringing out some very good material, and that all four teams here on Mon- day- had some very clever players. .. 50 years ago August 5, 1943 egion buys Spence home - The Lucknow Branch of the Canadian Legion completed J negotiations .last week for the purchase of the former Spence home, from T.E. Convay, Kincardine barrister. Mr. Convay bought the premises three years ago and for a'time visited the Village weekly to conduct his practise here. The upstairs was tenanted as an apartment for a while, but has been vacant for some time. The Legion bought. the property at a snap. Their immediate plans for use of the building are not completed and will be discussed at an early meeting of the organization. The building adjoins the Bank of Montreal and was the former home of the late Dr. and Mrs. A.M. Spence. oxoid clinic - Diphtheria toxoid injections Twill be given to all children brought into the clinic who are between the ages of 19 months and 10 years. There are patients with whooping cough in this district. Whooping cough vaccine will also be given to those desiring it. This maybe given to very young infants, and it is to this age group that it should be given, as with these this disease is a serious one. Subsequent clinics will be held in the same place at three week intervals. Pipers here Saturday - Hundreds of Scots in this district have this summer missed the Saturday night pipe band concerts which were a feature of other years. But these folks are in for at least one treat this summer, for this Saturday night the Centralia Air Force Band will perform in Lucknow. This is a 17 - piece band; of which Frank MacKenzie is a member. 25 years ago August 7, 1968 Afirst for storekeeper - Bob MacNay, Amber - ley storekeeper, reports a "first" over the weekend since taking over the business from Ross"Shiclls a few years ago. Bob is quite used to having motorists who have run out of gas come to his place seeking a few gallons in a can to get them back on the road again. Such was the case last weekend when a man walked into the store asking for some gas to carry back in a can. "Where is your car?" said Bob in an attempt to help the stranded traveller. "It's not my car, it's my aeroplane," said the gentleman. "It's on a pasture field a half mile west of here." . Bob says that this is the first time he has' been called on to refuel a plane. Knowing Bob, and the service he renders, we•, are quite sure that all private pilots will be welcome to "drop down and'fill 'er up." Band is top winner - The 27 -member Bruce County Junior Pipe Band won first prize in the North American pipe band finals in Maxville during the annual GlengarryCounty Highland Games. The band, formed in Kincardine.in 1964, defeated 17 other bands from across Canada and the U.S. to take the Class C award for less experienced groups. Ages. of band members'range from nine to 15. 10' years ago August 3, 1983 Farmers still wait for rain - Farmers in this immediate area are still praying for rain. Farmers fear the grain harvest will dry off before it ripens to maturity and the corn needs rain to grow more before it tassels . or it won't form cobs. Farmers are expecting the grain yield to be less than three-quarters of last year's yield.. KINLOSS SCOUTS ON EASTERN TRIP - AUGUST 1967 - Back row: David Eadie, Bruce Colwell, Lloyd Ackert, Doug Eadie, Allan Colwell, Jon Lizmore, Donald Bannerman, Jim Lizmore, John van Beers, Jack Ackert, Raynard Ackert. Second row: Eric Thacker, Mac McInnes, Donald Elliott, Hugh McInnes, David' MacKinnon, Jim MacKinnon,Frank Colwell, Walter Dickie, Martin Benedict. Front row: Tom Hodgins, Steven Donaldson, Bob McInnes, Almer Ackert, Kenneth Eadie, George . Stanley, David Bannerman, Lyle Moulton. (courtesy Leonard MacDonald) The sweetheroism of a woman alone by Marsha Boulton BEAVER DAMS, UPPER CANADA, JUNE 22,1813 -- What famous Canadian heroine waited almost 50 years for her deed to be officially acknowledged? Laura Secord, whose name has become synonymous with boxed chocolates, was a genuine heroine of the War of 1812. However, her place in history was not recognized for many years, and even then her act of courage'was often tethered to an imaginary cow. Laura Ingersoll was born in Mas- sachusetts in 1775. Her father, Thomas, who had been a Patriot in the American Revolution, decided to take advantage of land grants offered in Upper Canada and moved his family to Oxford Township in 1793.. Laura married James Secord in 1797. He was a son of Loyalists and worked as a merchant. By 1812, the Secords maintained a modest home near Queenston Heights where they lived with their five children. When the United States declared war against Great Britain, American troops marched on Canada and James Secord joined the Lincoln County Militia. Shortly afterward, he was wounded at the Battle of Queenston Heights. While he :was recovering under Laura's care, American officers occupied their home and Laura was required to cook for them. It is during one' particularly boisterous and well -lubricated dining session that Laura apparently overheard the enemy outlining an attack on the British position at Beaver Dams, which was under the command of Lieutenant James FitzGibbon. . Before dawn the following day, Secord left her home to warn the troops. The 32 km trek took at least 18 hours. Throughout the interminably hot day, Secord avoided travelled routes and check -points. She forded streams, crossed rattlesnake infested swamps and ended her journey by climbing the steep Niagara Es- carpment. At nightfall, she was discovered, exhausted, by a group of Mohawks who formed the principal British fighting force. They took her to FitzGibbon, who rcinTo-fced his position. With the Mohawks as their Allies, the British were victorious, and the consequence was a serious reversal for the U.S. Laura Secord's trek did not become common knowledge for over .40 years. FitzGibbon appeared to take total credit, and despite petitions on her behalf, Laura saw no reward. In 1841, James Secord died, leaving his 65 -year-old wife virtual- ly penniless and without a pension. Her bravery was finally officially recognized when the Prince of Wales, later King Edward VII, visited Niagara Falls in 1860. Sccord's- was the only woman's •turn to page 5