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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1993-11-03, Page 4Page 4 - Lucknow Sentinel, Wednesday, November 3, 1993 �k.. < n:.. x1,..:.:.1yi i :..:.:.:.:..... is. ., 3 ..r... ti g ..,..,.,v..:,x:vz7':..eta�,. .;.:s•H.}.;.�,�. �:a,�v.,. :.c,•;GtdvuB«L�cr��'z•.. .;,.. ... .�.. .... Published weekly by Stgrial Star Pubirshing Ltd at 619 Campbell.Street Lucknow. Ont PO Box 400, Lucknow, .Ontario NOG 2H0 528-282.2: Fax (519) 528-3529 Established 1873 Thomas Thompson - Advertising Manager Pat Livingston - General Manager/Editor Phyllis Matthews Helm - Front Office Subscription rates` advance: Local Regular S2V00 within 40 mi radius G S T incl Local Senior S-1 700 within 40 mi radius G S T incl Out 01 Area (40 miles) - Rates available upon request Foreign + U S A 59669 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 asmoeommomamoiimma Gliding gurus emit optimism When Dr. Nell Paterson, leader of the Natural Law Party spoke during the recent election campaign of his plan to dispatch 7,000 yogic flyers to radiate positivity and harmony throughout the nation and create a . unified national consciousness, most Canadians scoffed. . Who can blame them? A problem -free nation under a perfect government that.can satisfy everyone? Cross-legged meditatlonists who bob and hop In tune with their higher thoughts and enliven the Unified Field of Natural Law creating coherence, hope and oneness? Those sound like about the wildest, most outrageous promises any politician ever made, don't they? It's doubtful If Dr. Paterson ever had any serious aspirations of forming the government in Canada during the fall of 1993, but It would be a big mistake to question this man's sincerity about his theories. Natural Law followers will be among the most devout supporters to be found inside any political party. Undoubtedly they are more deeplydedicated to the Natural Law Party than thousands and thousands of Liberal or Progressive Conservatives who dutifully - perhaps traditionally - mark their X in the appropriate space each election day. It demonstrates' better than anything else does, how Canadians are changing. It's a testimony to the widening diversity among this country's citizens. It's a foretaste of the. novel reflection that's abroad In the land and a sample of the original intellectual concepts that are challenging the world's thinkers. Some say it would be better to keep these Ideas burled beneath a cloak of secrecy. Others believe it Is safest to have philosophles out In the open where they can be examined and discussed with candor in the light of, experience and common sense. There Is reason In both arguments. Perhaps Paterson's 7,000 yogic flyers should be activated without delay to assist Canada's new goverhnient - providing, of course, It Involves no federalgrants or loans. Gilding. gurus may not be conventional, but Canada's parliamen- tar-lans--couldLsurely use-some-optimlam--and-agreement--In-- the days ahead. (SJK) • • A man for all time zones; Canadian sets a standard by Marsha Boulton • W kSHINGTON, D.C.; 1884 -- Why is it 6 o'clock p.m. in Prince George, B.C. when it is 10:30 in Grand Falls, Newfoundland? The answer is a Standard Time, the globally recognized system of telling time which was invented by a Scottish -born Canadian, Sir Sandford Fleming. Fleming was 18 when he arrived in Canada prepared to take up a career as a draughtsman and sur- veyor. • After completing the survey of several small Ontario towns, he set about mapping the city of Toronto, producing the first usable chart of Toronto's harbor by taking soun- dings both from a boat and through holes drilled in the winter ice. Fleming's interest in perfecting a universal system of time deve during his work as the Chief En - ilii,' t4 oIL • t t N 1.1' 11r l I, to) if gineer of ' the Inter -Continental Railroad and the Canadian Pacific Railroad. He discovered that in Canada and other countries the correct time of day was established by designating noon as the time when the sun was directly overhead. As a result, if it was noon in Kingston, it was 12 minutes after noon in Montreal and 13 minutes before noon in Toronto. Local people were perfectly con- tent with local time. The variations became more significant when railroads allowed longer distances of travel over shorter, time periods. The results were confusing. For -tiara to paw The Sentinel Memoirs Shootingepisode was forceful warning 70 years ago - Nov. 1, 1923 Anear shooting accident - While in her kitchen4ast week, Mrs. Lachlin Macintosh was startled by a sudden crash and the breakingof a pane of glass, fragments of which were scattered over the floor. While sweeping up the broken glass, she found a rifle bullet, which evidently had come through the window. Judging by the course the bullet had taken, it passed closely over a couch on which Mrs. Maclntosh frequently rests. Had she been on the couch at the time the bullet entered, she doubtless would have been hit. The force of this bullet evidently was spent before it hit the glass, otherwise it would not have been found on the floor, but it might easily have been otherwise. The incident should serve as a forceful warning. Store building sold - W.J. Davison has sold the building he now occupies as a furniture store to Mr. Leroy Horn, who will use the storeroom for his barber shop and pool room, and convert the upper flat into a dwelling. Mr. Davison will move his furniture store into the room now occupied by T. Watson in the same block, while Mr. Watson will, no doubt, find other suitable quarters. We understand it is the intention of Mr. Davison to build a work -shop to the back of his new location, thus leaving greater room for the furniture. 50 years ago Nov. 4, 1943 0 verdid it on Hallowe'en - Hallowe'en, which fell on Sunday, brought an overdose of pranks as the occasion was turned into a weekend celebration, that saw gangs on the loose Saturday, Sunday and Monday nights. The thing was overdone, and while the majority of the nocturnal devilment was of a comparatively harmless nature, there was some wilful destruction:, that the perpetrators shouldn't get away with. Several cases of wood theft - Wood thefts are becoming not uncommon, but a particularly mean bit of thieving took place recently when the winter's supply of wood was stolen at Zion United Church. About three cords of choice dry hardwood was stolen from the church shed, with only enough left for the caretaker to light a fire or two after discovery of the theft We understand that Hackett United Church also lost their wood supply in the same manner. In the village both Bob Campbell and Bill Carnegie havehad wood stolen off their property. Sink -hole is about filled - The appetite of the West Wawanosh sink -hole is about satisfied it seems, after two weeks of work, during which the hole was fed about 800 yards of clay daily. Over the weekend the road settled only about a foot. Black Da, is 80 - Believe it or not, Mr. D.A. MacDonald, second concession Kinloss, ob- his 80th birthday on Oct. 30. Better known as "Black Dan", Mr. MacDonald appears years younger than his age and is remarkably alert and active. He's busy every day operating his farm and is working harder than ever, Mr. MacDonald said. 25 years ago Nov. 4, 1968 Ind steerwedged in hollow tree - Dan F Wylds, a'; resident of the 12th concession of Ashfield Township, was instrumental recently in saving a steer belonging to Bud Fairish of Ash- field. Dan heard the steer bawling one day but was unable to determine where the noise was coming from. The following day he walked back over the faun to investigate and found a steer with its head wedged in a hollow tree. The steer was in the vicinity of "Tom Sandy's gravel pit" and had shoved its head up into a rotted hollow tree where coons were nesting. The head went in but it wouldn't come out. Dan phoned the owner of the beast, Bud Farrish who came with several other men and were able to remove the steer's head from the tree. It is estimated that it had been wedged there for about three days. The animal's legs were weak and eventually, when its legs would give out, it would . likely have been strangled. purchase Mansfield store at Holyrood - Mr. and Mrs. Eddie Dunn of Guelph have taken over the store and service station at Holyrood, formerly operated `by, Mrs. Jay Mansfield. Mrs: Mansfield has moved to Wingham. Mr. and Mrs. Mansfield came to Holyrood a num- ber of years ago and since Mr. Mansfield's death a few years ago, she has continued to operate the business. 4 Do ,,you recognize any of these students? One name is missing, can you help with the identification? Back row, left to right, Norma Naylor, teacher, Wilson Armstrong, Armstrong Wilson, Fred Steward, Donald Henderson, Tom MacKenzie, Alex MacKenzie, Eldon Agar, ? Kenneth Cameron. Third row, Edna Agar, Ivy Whitby, Laura Webster, Evelyn Nixon, Dorothy Nixon, Margaret MacDonald, Francis Thompson, Mary Macintosh, May McMachan, Roy Collyer, Totn__MacDonalrf„Haroid_Button—Sec-ond_row,_isabet__MacMillan,__Marion__Cousins, Winnitred Armstrong, Helen McLeod, Marjory Henderson, Kath Ferris, Donalda Douglas, Tiny MacDonald, Ted Whitby, Mel Stanley. Front row, Rozella Mullin, 'Stuart Cameron, Elwood Solomon, Ernie Baker, Clark Finlayson, Dave Home, Clare Johnstone, Leonard Irwin, Harold Greer. (courtesy of Harold Greer) Crook is now singing "Can't' buy me love" Doesn't it just warm the cockles of your heart to know that in ' 1991, while most of us were complaining about paying the GST, an enterprising soul was hatching a scheme to bilk us, through our government, of $1.3 milliont Sarcastically dubbed "Mr. Cash Cow" by his "girls" (table dan- cers, strippers) this entrepreneur had one fantastic time blowing our $1.3 million in a six month period. In what I call an attempt to buy love, he shared his government "windfall" with his "girls" buying a $250,000 home for one, who later refused to marry him. He became a sugar daddy for many proffering huge tips in return for certain favors. "Cash Cow" developed a taste for Dom Plerig- RAMBLINGS by Pat Livingston non, reportedly running up a three-month bar tab of $16,000. Not content to own his personal $20,000method of transportation, he played his role to the hilt by ringing up a $23,000 limousine tab. His game was poker. He is reported to have lost $163,000 at one such game in less than 45 • minutes. He became an investor in stocks and real estate and within just six months was broke. Figuring he could dap the government again, he tried his scam for the second time only to have the red tape become a noose around his throat. The federal prosecutor cited a lack of auditing controls being in place as the excuse behind Cash Cow's first successful fraud. Unable to provide backup documentation for his claim of a $1.1 million GST rebate, Cash Cow was fittingly charged, found guilty and sentenced to three years in jail. Oh, by the way, if Cash Cow can come up with our $1,3 million, he can reduce his sen- tence by one year. I have a feeling he'll have the full three years to learn the Beat- les' song "Can't buy me love", while he is housed, clothed and kd with more of our money.