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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1993-12-15, Page 4Page 4 — Lucknow Sentinel, Wednesday, December 15, 1993 . The Sentinel Memoirs Published weekly by Signal -Star Publishing Ltd at 619 Campbell Street Lucknow, Ont. P.O. 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 Helm — Front Office Subscription rates advance: Local Regular 52000 within 40 mit radius G.S T incl Local Senior $17°0 within 40 mi. radius G.S T incl, Out -Of -Area (40 miles) - Regular $32.24 - Senior $29.24 G.S.T. incl. Foreign + U S,A. 5969 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. We need to return to Ten Commandments for sanity.. The recent news that a kiddie -porn ring was uncovered in London, Ontario, has shocked and repulsed many people. Two men have been arrested already; more arrests are expected. The children involved are all under 18, some as young as 10 years old. Mbre than 180 video cassettes depicting all manner of sexual perversion - children with children, children with adults were seized by police. London Police Chief Julian Fantino suspects the investigation will reveal a veritable sewer of predators engaged in all types of illegal activity. Child pornography, just one way kids are exploited by thugs and hoods, is big business - the ultimate kick for sex junkies whose habits have grown sicker and more warped with each deviant act they've practised. With no morals themselves, they seek to corrupt children for their disgusting pleasure. They are the lowest of the low life that slither through society. As Southwestern Ontario residents deal with the reality of the ugly facts, they are asking themselves what causes grown men and women to prey on innocent youth for their filthy fun and dirty profits. Were they always evil or did something happen to make them so wicked? They are questions, perhaps, with many answers. There is one solution that may sound simplistic, even trite, by today's morals and ethics. But there are those who believe that the sooner society returns to the. Ten Commandments followed by our forefathers, the sooner some sanity will be restored to a world that seems .to have gone mad. - SJK Chamber of Commerce says thank you to all To the editor: The members of the Lucknow and District Chamber of Commerce appreciates the support—of the citizens of Lucknow and area during its first year as a new Cham- ber of Commerce. Your interest and participation in special events during 1993 has helped to make Lucknow and area a more exciting place to live. We salute the local service clubs and societies for their work in or- ganizing special events and parades, and all those who participate to make our community strong and proud. To The Lucknow Sentinel, we say thanks for your excellent press coverage of all our projects and events. r THE EDITOR The executive thanks the Cham- ber members for their input and support in 1993. We now have almost 5Q members and look for- wardpt to working together for the bettetment of our community in the coming year. We wish you a blessed Christmas season and health and happines§ for 1994. - Thank you kindly, Lucknow and area residents„ from your local, Lucknow and District Chamber of Commerce. Literacy club welcomes more students, tutors To the editor: The Point Clark Adult Literacy program started in 1988 and has been able to assist many adults needing help with reading, spelling or math. Tutoring in English as a second language isalso available. The classes are free and confiden- tial. Tutors are also needed in the Lucknow area. Anyone who would like further information about the classes or tutoring are welcome to call June at 395-3291 or Janette at 395-3349. June Elliott First Chamber was formed in 1923 70 years ago Dec. 13, 1923 Lucknow now has a Chamber of Commerce - That Lucknow and vicinity is to have an organization for the purpose of promoting local interests, and local co-operation, was the decision of a meeting held in Council Chambers last week. Everybody present was of the opinion that a Board of Trade or some such organization would be useful in helping on the interests of the town and surroun- ding country. The Lucknow Chamber of Commerce will be headed by president Robert Brown, secretary Mr. Porteous, T.S. Reid as treasurer and R. Robertson, Ernie Ackert, John Maclntosh, John Farrish and KennethCameron as vice presidents. More like May than Christmas - We don't know whether or not "the oldest inhabitant" can recall a milder first half of December than this, but the weather man does appear to be going to the limit. Within the past week a number of local residents have been exhibiting .daisies picked from the garden as fresh and beautiful as they come out in June. Mel Greer evert found sweet peas in bloom in his garden. 50 years ago Dec. 16, 1943 any sawdust burners in use - Sawdust burners are in big demand in the village, and already quite a number have them in operation with very satisfactory results. ° It has been estimated that the number of burners installed to date has cut down the local demand for coal by some two hundred tons. hurches adopt fuel saving methods - Local churches have grouped or curtailed the number of meetings held in the churches, , as a means of conserving fuel this winter. A number of organizations now meet in the various homes of the members. To sell property willed to churches - The village residence and household effects of the late Angus MacKenzie, of Lucknow, were offered for sale at the residence on Havelock Street. By the terms of Mr". MacKenzie's will the South Kinloss and Lucknow Presbyterian churches became joint owners of the above mentioned property and effects. n 25 years ago Dec. 18, 1968 No Sunday mail after this week This Sun- day, Dec. 22 will see the last Sunday mail delivery out of Lucknow. For several years, a Sunday mid-afternoon mail has been despatched from Lucknow and points along the route. It would appear that the post office department in a general "belt tightening" move in all areas has felt. that economically, the Sunday mail service does not warrant continuance. School property given to village - A recent meeting between the Lucknow village council and the Township School Area of Kinloss and Lucknow, saw the school board tum over the property of the former Lucknow Public School, and the fire ruins thereon, to the village of Lucknow. In acceptance of this, village council agreed to consider any payments or obligations to the village for town facilities used by the board after the public school fire as having been met. Here's a mystery for you to work on, Elleda Irwin brought this picture In to The Sentinel, Using a magnifying glass we were ablelo determine that the picture was taken on Sept. 1 '93 - so we assume that was 1893. The group is the Paramount. class (SS # 14) and the teacher J. McNay.In the front row, fifth from the left Is Jack Henderson; second rbw, fourth from the left Wellington Henderson and back row, sixth and seventh from the left Mary Jane Henderson and Ida Henderson. Sho was called Canada's `Holy Terror' by Marsha Boulton WINNIPEG, MANITOBA,' 1916 - - What event roused the Manitoba _Legislative, Assembly_ ,to_celebrate by singing ,"For They Are Jolly Good Fellows?" If you knew that the outburst of song was prompted by the passing of a law which granted Manitoba women the right to vote, you may also know that the political activist who spearheaded the suffrage cam- paign was Nellie Mooney McClung. McClung s)as bom in Chatsworth, Ontario and spent most of her childhood in Manitoba where she became a teacher. "Women's roles" fascinated her at an early age, and McClung signed her first petition on behalf of women's suffrage in 1890 at the age of 16. At 23, she married pharmacist Wes McClung and they eventually raised a family of five. During .this time, McClung was active in the Women's Christian Temperance Union and she became a popular speaker. She also pursued a writing career, producing her first novel "Sowing Seeds in Danny" in 1908. It became a national best-seller. After moving to Winnipeg in 1911, McClung became involved in the city's active and vocal women's rights and reform movement. She M1 I' H je. ,r.rt; N lobbied Conservative Premier Sir Rodmond Roblin for better working conditions for female factory workers. It was to be her first confrontation with Roblin, but not her last. In , 1914, McClung led a delegation of women to ask for the right to vote. The meeting ended when Premier Roblin concluded: "Nice women don't want the vote." McClung's response was to stage a Mock Parliament in which the subject of the debate was whether or not menashould have the vote. "Man is made for something higher and better than voting," declared McClung in an excruciatingly humorous and deadly accurate parody of the Premier. "Politics unsettles men, and unsettled men mean unsettled bills -- broken fur- niture, broken vows -- divorce." The Mock Parliament was a huge success. Although there was some public back -lash to her rabble - rousing style, as well as vicious attacks by critics who accused her of neglecting her children, McClung maintained her posture through reasonable discussion and irrepres- sible wit and charm. "Never retract, never' explain, never apologize -- get ' the thing done and let di - in howl ` became McClung's motto. While her critics nicknamed her "Holy Terror," her supporters and her family cheered her as "Our Nell." On January 27, 1916, Manitoba's new Liberal government passed the Bill for the Enfranchisement of Women. What McClung had called "a bonny, fight, a knockdown drag - out fight, uniting the women of Manitoba in a great cause," was resolved in a victory which paved the way for other provinces and the federal government to determine that women should be granted the vote. McClung moved to Edmonton, where she continued `the struggle for the right to vote in that province. She gained a seat in the Legislature in 1921, and was one of the "famous five". who launched the "Persons Case." "Women are going to form a chain, a greater sisterhood than the world has ever known," wrote -, McClung. As an author, lecturer and grandmother, she continued to advocate rights and reforms for women until her death in 1951.