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Election may hold surprises
With a fall election assured in Canada, pollsters will
certainly step up their efforts to gauge public opinion and
predict outcomes. It's as sure as death and taxes.
It's also inevitable that people will be influenced by the
polls. Maybe people want to be part of the winning team. Or
perhaps they are looking for some advice, any advice. But it is
virtually assured that•at election time in Canada, the voters will
actually fulfill the prophecies of the pollsters, adding
undeserved credibility and importance to their
prognostications.
The pollsters in mid-July had the Liberals in the lead with
43 per cent of the committed vote; the Progressive
Con,selrvatives 33 per cent; the NDP eight per cent; the Reform
Party seven per cent. In Quebec, the configuration was 'slightly
different - Liberals 33 percent; Bloc Quebecois 33 per cent; PCs
29 per cent.
A few guessed that with five parties involved, the result
would be a minority government with the Liberals and the
NDP standing together in opposition to the aligned
Conservatives, Bloc Quebecois and Reformers.
Still more speculated that given the Canadian mood,
anything could happen - and likely would - between now and
election day, .
This last theory is the best bet for those with money to
wager. There's enough public anger and .cynicism, towards
politicians ofall stripes to nullify party loyalties and blind
faith, rendering the election process(truly a potential surprise
package. - SJK -
A little more respect wanted
for agriculture . and farmers
To the editor:
On Friday, July 30, Heather His- -
cox presented a news story on TO THE EDITOR
Global Television which examined,
• the srnuggling of the corn herbicide
Sentinel Memoirs
Much thieving going on in area
70 years ago
August 16, 1923
erhaps this locality is no worse than other
parts of the province, but the amount of
thieving being done is astonishing. However,
small implements, chickens and turkeys appear to get
special attention. There appears to be a sort of loose
organization of thieves and bootleggers scattered over
a considerable territory. Members appear to advise
each other as to where available articles of poultry are
located, and after the theft is committed they shield
each other. The automobile in the country as in the
city appears to be a great help to the thief, as it
enables him to go a long distance from home and
make a quick getaway.
Citizens should fearlessly give every assistance to
the constables to effect a rounding up of the gang or
gangs. They are a slippery lot, an the law, unfor-
tunately, is altogether too much on the side of the
law -breaker.
50 years ago
August 12, 1943
Rust is really bad - Grain has rusted badly this
year, but' here's a story, vouched for as the
truth, that emphasizes the fact. A white calf
emerged from an oat field, as red as any red calf
'could be. 'Tis said the farmer didn't recognize the •
animal, -.and asked his good wife where the red calf
came from. She knew. -
Hoardosis - My tins are full of coffee, my bins .
with sugar burst, It others skimp' on rations; I
safely stocked up first!
Let other people's larders be bare as Mother Hub -
bard's, all kinds of jars. and bottles weigh down my
crowded cupboards!
As long as I have plenty, let others go without, tet
them grow lean and hungry, I'll be well fed and stout.
Woriien are playing an increasingly important role,
both in war industry and in the armed forces. About
25,000' women are now in uniform ana the combined
enlistment objective of all branches of the service is
'50,000 for 1943. There are 26 women doctors with
the armed forces.
25 years ago
August 7, 1968
hio family bikes 192 miles - Four members of
Oa Bowling Green, Ohio family arrived in
Lucknow after a 192 mile bicycle trip from
their home to Fairy Lake, just east of the village,
where they will spend a two week vacation.
Dan Reddin, his son Dan Jr., 16, and daughters
Diane, 15, and Judy 13, took the ferry from Sandus-
ky, Ohio to Leamington, Ontario. They used three 10 -
speed bikes an-tt one three -speed bike to make the 192
mile trip.
ISee by the Sentinel - That a bible school,
directed'by Rev. Glen Wright of Dungannon
United Church and Rev. Laird Stirling of
Lucknow 'United Church, is being held at Brookside
Public School. First day..registration was 157 with 30
from Lucknow and the remainder from a large rural
area.
Bill Sproul, a member of the Lucknow Post Office
staff, will be able to ride to work in the future. Bill
was the winner of a new bicycle in the Coke com-
pany's wheels contest.
10 years ago
August 10, 1983
Wingham
vocational centre expands - The
Jack Reavie Vocational Centreofficially
opened June 17 bringing to fruition .a giant
step in the history" of the Wingham and District
Association for the. Mentally Retarded.
It, Offers mentally handicapped :individuals the
opportunity to Learnlife skills or' to train in a
vocation.
LUCKNOW SCOUTS ENJOY CENTENNIAL
TOUR - AUGUST .1967 - Back row: Andy
Anderson, Terry Taylor, Rod McDonagh, Eric
Taylor, David Button, Jim Button, Allan
Andrew, Bill Boak, James Montgomery, Jim
Henderson, Jim MacDonald, Donnie MacKin-
non, Dr. Jack McKim. Second row: George
Whitby, Jim Arnold, 6111 Chisholm Ken
Johnstone, Douglas Stevenson, Neill Taylor,
Peter Chisholm, Dale Hunter, Robbie Boak,
Donnie MacDonald. Front row: Greg Hunter, .
Ronnie Manto, John. Johnstone, Jamie Elliott.
(courtesy Leonard MacDonald)
The passion of the "wind tamer"
"Accent"' into Canada. This report
other countries receive safer an---eentr4buterl--to-the—development of
provoked questions around whyglobal communications have •
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more economical herbicides long
before Canada does. Art Olsen,
Deputy Minister of Agriculture,
stated "we are concerned about
potential health and safety impacts
of a product that would be used on
Canadian crops and that might
show up in our food chain." This
statement is an example of irrespon-
sibility and disrespect for Canadian
Agriculture.
It is common knowledge that food
products from other countries are
sold in all of our grocery stores.
The Canadian pesticide actdoes not
regulate imported food and grain.
Docs this mean then that it is ac-
ceptable for other countries to place
restricted pesticides on our break-
fast table?
The Canadian agriculture industry
should demand accountability from
such bureaucrats. The farm com-
munity pays Canadian retail prices
. for tractors, fuel, labor, electricity
and supplies while Canadian farm
• products are sold for the global
wholesale price. In order to survive
in this global marketplace, Canada's
family farms have changed
dramatically. Higher education and
an aggressive attitude that demands
results. There is simply no room for
those who are inadequate. People
that are truly involved in agriculture
work for farmers. The future is
bleak for those who cannot
comprehend this fact.
Art Olsen is an ambassador of
Canadian Agriculture. He missed
the chance to create the political
will needed to revise our Pesticide
Act. There was opportunity for
him not only to acknowledge the
obvious short falls of this archaic
legislation but also to project
farmers in a positive light. Instead,
he chose to discredit the efforts of
people who have the common sense
to protect our environment. '
The next statement Art Olsen
makes should be addressed to his
employers, Canadian farmers.
Agriculture Canada is in the process
of streamlining , the pesticide
regulatory System. It would be
interesting to know what Art Olsen
has done to ensure that this new
system is working for Canadian
agriculture.
Miehael Hunter,
Independent Crop Advisor.
by Marsha Boulton
SAINT HYACINTHE, QUEBEC,
1834 What wind instrument
manufactured in Canada has earned
an international reputation for ex-
cellence?
More than 3,700 organs have
been meticulously crafted at
Casavant Freres studio in Saint
Hyacinthe near Montreal, and the
inspiration for this thriving family
business came from the musical
aspirations of a village blacksmith.'
Joseph Casavant was born in
1807 and he apprenticed as a black-
sinith in his adolescence. Although
he became known as a skilled.
craftsman, Casavant maintained a
passion for music and dreamed of a
career as a musician.
At 27, he shut down his forge to
pursue a classical education. It was
a bold move for a man of his age.
Casavant enrolled in a seminary,
where he worked as a handyman to
pay for his studies. •
His perseverance was rewarded
when the seminary director asked
him to repair an organ. Relying on
a scholarly work by a French
Benedictine monk, Casavant
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proceeded to disassemble and .
'rebuild the organ. Applying his
blacksmith skills, he fashioned and
refined its delicate and precise
mechanisms.
Casavant called the completed
organ "Marching Thunder". It was
such a success that a nearby parish
ordered one. The "wind tamer"
from Saint Hyacinthe had found a
second career.
Between 1840 and 1866, Casavant
completed 17 instruments which
found homes in cities and towns
throughout Upper and Lower
Canada. The organ that he built for
the cathedral in' Bytown (now Ot-
tawa) in 1850 was the largest in
North America. It consisted of
1,063 wooden and metal pipes, 18
five -octave stops and a three -
keyboard console.
Sadly, none of Casavant's original
masterpieces remain. However, his
sons, Joseph-Claver and Samuel -
Marie, inherited his love of the
instrument. They studied its science
and traditions in Europe.
In 1879, Casavant's sons opened
an organ manufacturing workshop
at the site of their father's studio.
Their fust commission was for the
organs at Montreal's Notre -Dame'
Church. This triumph of tonality-
established
onalityestablished their reputation.
By the turn• of the century, just
about every city and town in.'
Canada had a Casavant organ, and
the company's ,.deputation spread
throughout the world. Today, 90 per
cent of the company's production is
exported.
While the Casavant family's
enterprising passion for excellence
in large-scale organs has resulted in
an on-going business, another
Canadian organ innovator,' Frank
Morse Robb, was not so fortunate,
Robb was the inventor of the first
electronic . wave organ ever
manufactured.
In 1927, he began experimenting
with recording the natural wave
form of sound on the Bridge Street
United Church in Belleville, On-
tario. In 1928, Robb, obtained a
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