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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1993-10-20, Page 4Page 4 - Lucknow Sentinel, Wednesday, October 20, 1993 Published weekly by Signal Star Publishing Ltd at 61.9 Campbell Street Lucknow, Ont PO. Box 400., Lucknow, Ontario NOG 2H0 528.2822. Fax (519) 528.3529 Established 1873 • Thomas Thompson — Advertising Manager Pat Livingston — General Manager/Editor • Phyllis Matthews Hem — Front Office • Subscription rates advance: Local Regular $20® within 40 mi. radius G.S.T. incl. Local Senior $1 700 within 40 mi. radius G.S.T. incl. Out -Of -Area (40 miles) - Rates available upon request Foreign + U.S.A. $9669 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 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. There's no excuse for apathy Everywhere you turn, you hear It. "So and so has decided not to vote this time around." As the Oct. 25 federal election approaches, they say there is no one to vote for or that all politicians are crooks. They are hopeless and forlorn. They call themselves disillusioned. Excuse us if wehave a little trouble swallowing that one. Maybe if they were living in Haiti or. Somalia or Bosnia- Herzegovinia we would accept it. Maybe If Canada wasn't named the country with the highest quality of living on the planet In 1992 we could empathize. Sorry If we don't -shed any tears for them. What they call disillusioned, we call apathetic. In a democracy we are free to criticize the government and to protest. If you don't Ilke what's served up to you, you have the option of running yourself. In Huron -Bruce alone there are seven candidates vying for office - Conservative, Liberal, NDP, .Reform, Libertarian, Christian Heritage, and Natural Law. Add to that the National Party, the Green Party, the Bloc Quebecois and it begins to look like just about every base is covered. , Canada Is not without Its troubles, that is .certain. Alt is not rosy in the Great White North. We have an enormous national debt and rising unemployment. But we also have strong social programs, a low crime rate and a bright future. Apathy is not the answer. Action is. For those of you who have decided not to vote in this election, we have a suggestion. Take the next flight to Haiti or Somalia and check It out for a year. Drop us a line and let us know how you like it. We'll see you when you get,back. (Shoreline New) Woman of wheat by Marsha Boulton WINNIPEG, 1898 - What Canadian woman became famous for forecasting the size of • the prairie 'wheat crop? —The—answer -is—E.--C-ora- Hind, Canada's "Woman of Wheat". Hind grew up on farms in Flesherton arid Orillia, Ontario. When she was 21, her Aunt Alice announced she was "going west" and her niece joined her in the spirit of adventure. The day after her arrival in Win- nipeg in 1882, Hind presented herself to theeditor of the Win- nipeg Free Press. and requested a job. She wasrejected, on the grounds of her sex, which only stiffened her resolve to one day work for the newspaper. After discovering that no one in • Winnipeg knew how to use a typewriter, Hind promptly rented a machine and mastered.the craft. She became the first typist west of the Great Lakes and was quickly employed by a law firm, where her knowledge of agriculture was great- ly appreciated by farm clients. In 1893 Hind set up her own stenography office. Farm or- ganizations began coming to her to ask her to report on their meetings and conventions. Finally, in 1898 she was given her first chance to report on . the wheat crop by Colonel J.B: Maclean, the founder of Maclean Publications in Toronto. She boarded a train west for Moose Jaw the very night she received his `telegram -requesting a survey -of -the- fields. This was one of many trains Hind was to take over her long career. Along, the way she would stop off at stations, hire a horse and buggy, and journey along the endless prairie roads, climbing a fence now and then to poke the soil to judge its moisture. In 1901 she was finally hired by the Winnipeg Free Press. Her knowledge of agriculture rapidly removed her from reporting on the "Women's Page." She soon earned a position as the agriculture editor. Hind's ability to ,. forecast the wheat crop grew to legendary proportions and her reports were' telegraphed to,markets all over the world. Bankers and grain corn-. panics took her'estimates as gospel, Her accuracy effected the entire economy. Her reports were never candy - coated. When she predicted a poor crop in 1913, she was nick -named "Calamity Cora," but her estimate remained unchanged. The official tally showed Hind to be , correct almost to the last bushel. When the •turn to page 6 The Sentinel Memoirs `Voonshiner' gets $300 fine 70 years ago Oct. 18, 1923 Fined for making booze - A Bruce Township man was up before Magistrates R. Johnston and Wesley Henderson. He was charged with a breech of the Inland Revenue Act, in having a still and making "moonshine" and was fined $300 with an additional $44 costs. The accused admitted the charge and paid the fine, putting up no defence nor excuse. The accused appears to be a native of Greenock Township, so that he made a sort of merry-go-round, having his home in one township, operating a still in another and paying his fine in a third. Cattle bring good prices - T.B. Aitkin's sale of Hereford cattle drew a big crowd. The herd of purebred Herefords was recognized as one of the best in Western Ontario, and auctioneer Purvis, wielding the hammer with his usual skill, got good prices. There were 37 head in the lot and they realized $5098. Young bulls, about one year old, sold at $110 to $140 and cows brought $125 to $245. 50 years ago Oct. 21,, 1943 Law plane literally shook the apples off - We've heard and seen some low performing planes, but the one that chased a farmer down out of an apple tree, really takes the cake. This particular pilot zoomed his plane at such a low level over the orchard. that leaves were blown off the trees, and apple pickers scurried to the ground for safety's sake. After a "circle of the barnyard" the daredevil pilot took off, probably in search of other apple pickers for all we know. ith the troops - Reid McKim, who recently completed a course in anti-tank gunnery at Halifax, has been on a two -weeks' furlough at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. A.E. McKim. Mr. and Mrs. James Ritchie received their first letter in a month last week from their son Harold. Since returning from his furlough, Harold was potted to the Corvette Sherbrooke and has been at sea for the past month. Returns home - After spending six years as a patient in Victoria Hospital, London, Muriel Blake, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Blake of Ashfield,has returned home - or as near home as is permitted by hydro facilities, which operate the respirator on which her life depends. Muriel was stricken with infantile paralysis during the epidemic that raged in Ontario in the fall of 1937, and which claimed the life of he 19 -year-old brother, Clifford. 25 years ago Oct. 23, 1968 Change rural designations - Rural Route No. 6 Lucknow will cease to be after January 1, 1969. Patrons of R.R. 6 recently received a letter front the post office department indicating that effective the first of the year their new mailing address would be R.R. 5. Will contest school board seat - Walter Breckles of Kinloss Township has indicated to The Sentinel that he will stand for office as the district representative on the new Bruce County School Board. Mr. Breckles, a Kinlough garage operator and farm machinery dealer, has a number of years service on the Kinloss Township School Area Board and later the Township School Area of Kinloss and Lucknow of which he is now a member. Aspecial birthday - Miss Jessie MacKay of the village will observe her 101st birthday on Oct. 28. Jessie resides in her home on Gough Street and her friend and companion Mrs. William (Annie) Maclntyre resides with her and assists her in her household duties. 10 years ago Oct. 19. 1983 I ancers will play hockey - Following a two year absence Lucknow will enter a team in the i Ontario Hockey Association Intermediate C League this season. The Lucknow Lancers will play with 10 teams comprising two divisions. The management of the team will be under manager, David MacKinnon and coach, Gary Dauphin. The year was 1906. (Left to right) back row, Edith Barbour, Jas. Stauiker. Centre row, Bill, Kearney, 4oe McLure, Eunice MacLean, Etta Thompson, Pearl Henderson, Jennie Scrlmageur, Lila Taylor, Wafter Mackenzie and "Twig" Newton. ,Front row, Irene Sherriff, Deane MacLeod, Isabelle Macintosh, Ida Joynt and Elia Jane Woods. (courtesy Wm. Henderson) Help! Where are those fax cops? The availability of a fac- simile machine to the business world was a boon. It makes communication instant, and we in this office wonder how we ever did without one. • However, there are times when I'd like to unplug the unit. In particular, the 'last two weeks " when every night some unknown would-be 'political saboteur' deems it imperative to supply me with unsolicited copies of wordage denouncing one party. And ap- parently, it is not only this 'weekly newspaper receiving fax copy for our 'file 13'. Three other area weeklies affirmed they too are on the list of the unknown fax ghost. No doubt every weekly in the AMBLINGS • by Pat Livingston . 'province is receiving this 'ga- rbage'. I call it garbage, because the person sending us the un- solicited material does not have enough guts to sign his/her name ' to the fax. Most fax com- munications have an identification number that is imprinted 'on the receiver's copy. It let's you know where it is coming from. This 'ghost' has gone to the trouble of removing the number from its fax program, and we have been unable to trace where the faxes originate. As most of the material received is copied from larger dailies like the Globe and Mail, The Ottawa Citizen and The Spectator, I as- sume the person is not local. We are all entitled to our own convictions. Those who hide beyond anonymity show no strength in their beliefs.• I'm mad as .... and I'd like to be able to say, "I'm not going to take it any more." My only problem is if I unplug the machine, our legitimate fax senders will be inconvenienced. So I will continue to file correspondence from the fax ghost in file 13 each morning, and be thankful that the election is only five days away. Where are those fax cops when you need them?