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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1994-03-09, Page 4Page 4 — Lucknow Sentinel, Wednesday, March 9, 1994 E:' : bA#SaY.'e kleL etA3i#G•^ ..,F.'`IaGi�}'ffitix:'!."f`,bi : ite%%Ar: r,+ Published weekly by Signal Star Publishing Ltd at 619 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 Helm — Front Office Subscription rates .advance: - Local Regular $200° 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) - Regular $32.24 - Senior $29.24 G.S.T. incl. 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.. Utilize waste management practices or be prepared A goal of Bruce County council Is to reduce, by 50 per cent, the amount of garbage going to landfill sites by the year 2000. A letter included with Lucknow Village tax notices In February encourages better use of the various waste, management methods In place in the village. The letter indicates that without residents' cooperation In utilizing these methods, "more stringent methods" to reduce the amount of garbage generated In the village will be implemented. Are the days of paying a bag tag fee for our garbage nearing? It could be so. Surrounding municipalities, have Instituted this type of program. Lucknow could be next If residents don't get off their duffs and start paying attention to the various programs that are In place within the village. In,November of 1993, only 45 to 50 per cent of residents were using their blue boxes. This Is a disgustingly low usage figure. It usually takes a punch In the pocket book before some people sit up • and take notice. Residents have been forewarned utilize the methods for waste management at your disposal or be prepared for more "stringent methods." It's up to you! (PL)' - What about those chevrons? I had the opportunity to make a short day trip recently - to. Toronto: It was the highlight of my winter!' The first time I. had been out of Bruce or Huron Counties since Christmas. It was a.bcautiful, sunny day for the drive, and it turned 'out to be an educational one as well. As we exited Highway 9 on the 400; we were greeted with huge signs warning "Keep your dis- tance". Shortly after the first sign, I noticed on the road these upside down V's. The next sign read "Keep two chevrons apart". Chev- rons „was hevrons,was a new word for our other passenger and myself. We deduced that the upside down V's were being referred to as a chevron. But what is a chevron? The symbol looked familiar if pointed left or right. On our com- puters' we have < which is used .in some areas to mean greater than, and > which means lesser than (1 think). The Sentinel Memoirs 50 years ago hockey crowds were big 70 years ago March 13, 1924 Boys' conference at Chesley - Last week, Mr. C. F. Plowman, Boy's Work Secretary of the Province, came to Chesley to start the ball rolling for the best Boys' Conference ever held in Bruce and Grey Counties. • About 50 Tuxis boas, Mentors, Teachers,. Superin- tendents and Pastors met to set up the necessary machinery to put across a successful and profitable get-together of Tuxis boys and leaders in Chesley on May 9 to 11. Let every Bruce and Grey boy over 15 years keep his eyes peeled for further announcements. Begin boosting the Conference in your town, church, Tuxis Square and S.S. Class now and watch the other fellow catch your spirit just like the measles. 50 years ago . March 9, 1944 Ttree playoff gates total over $1,000 - Qate receipts at the local arena for the last three playoff games have totalled $1059.85, with a total attendance at the three games of a little better than 4,600 persons. The admission fee has been kept at the popular rates of .25 and .15. The Goderich at Lucknow group championship game totalled $348.80. The first game of the playdowns with Hanover ran the "take" up to $388.20 and Saturday night's game with Milverton clicked the turnstiles to the tune of $322.85. Attendance figures were 1437 persons at Saturday night's game, and 1700 at the Hanover game. Plans are being made to accommodate 2000 people at the next game. Donors receive pins - Sterling silver pins, symbolic of having made six blood donations, have been presented 'to five residents of this community. At the last local clinic, buttons were presented to Harvey Houston,Art Cann and Gordon Fisher. At the previous clinic, silver pins were presented to Jim Campbell and Donald "Dinnie" MacDonald. 25 years ago March 12, 1969 L ocal hardware to change ownership - Effec- tive March 17, the Lucknow Crest Hardware will change hands with the new owner being Ron Machan, formerly of Brussels and a native of Wingham. Charlie Webster and Donald MacKinnon of Luck - now have operated the hardware forithe past 15 years, since purchasing it from the firm of Rae and Por- teous. During that period, they suffered a disastrous fire • which wiped them out just a month before Christmas a few years ago. A brand new building was shortly erected which has given the community one of the most modem retail hardware businesses in western Ontario. Ron will be assisted in the business by his wife Barbara and Jack Aitchison presently an employee there. The change over will see Crest Hardware become one of the Home Hardware group of independent stores. George Smith,a man of many- gc od works 1910 - George Smith is a Lucknow boy, who has 'risen by ' his own merits to one of ' the highest positions available in his own town, He served his apprenticeship to finance in various places, commen- cing with the banking establishment of Geo. Mair and Co. in Lucknow in 1892. In 1894, he entered the service of the Molson's Bank, in its London branch, afterwards spending six years in the city of Montreal. In November of 1905, when the Luck - now branch of the Molson's Bank was opened he was placed in charge; and no one, to our knowledge, has thought that a better man • could be • found for the • position. As manager of a Bank, George Smith's influence has been great and salutary. Apart from his bank connection, he has been instrumen- tal in forwarding more public enterprises than probably any other. man in Lucknow. A man of tireless George Smith energy, he has the faculty of en- thusing others; and his native vil- lage has good reasons to remember him with gratitude on that account. In • this connection one . thing stands out se prominently in present interest as to merit special mention. As secretary of the committee having charge of the Reunion, his share of the work was necessarily large;, besides demanding a high order of diplomatic and executive skill. He planned and worked as few men could or would do, .and without reflecting upon his able. associates, it may be said that the successful outcome was largely. due to his unflagging enthusiasm. . ' Whatever else remains to be said of Mr. Smith shall be said privately, for though he has to his credit many good works that few men know of; his disposition is such that he. shirks from publicity in' connec- tion with such matters. R by Pat Livingston The long . road ' to Medicare •A few days later Constable Andy Burgess answered my question when he told me a chevron was a type of -insignia worn by those in the military. A complete definition out of the dictionary reads: "art insignia consisting of a 'V-shaped bar or bars, worn on the sleeve of a military or police uniform to show rank or service." AMBLINGS OK, now I ,know what chevron means, but I still don't get the relationship between the definition and the use of them on the• high- ways. . It was the first time I had seen the markings on a highway. I was subsequently informed that they are evident on the 401 as well. It's obviously been a long time since I travelled anything wider than High- way 86 or Huron County Road 1. Amassing surname collection Tothe editor: The Bruce -Grey Branch of the Ontario Genealogical. Society is currently amassing the second edition of its Surname Collection. This comprises newspaper clippings from these two counties --births, marriages, deaths, and anniver- saries --from times past. These are arranged alphabetically, put on microfiche; and are available ar meetings, through Inter -library loan, or by name from our Branch. If anyone among your readership 1'0 THE EDITOR has old newspapers to donate, the clippings would be preserved for future generations, arid would' be much appreciated. You may contact me at 534-1287 (collect), or write to the Bruce -Grey Genealogical Society, Box 66, Owen Sound, Ontario N4K 5P1, for pickup' Betty J. Wilson, Chairman. MYRNAM, ALBERTA 1935 - It was snowing outside and the three - bed "service station" that acted as a hospital for Myrnam was overflowing with 17 patients. It wasn't the first time the little hospital located 200 kilometres east of Edmonton had been stretched past its limit. Something had to be done. The largely Ukrainian community had already successfully confronted another health .care crisis a few years earlier. During the Great Depression few pies could af- ford to pay for.a tor's services, Myrnam's doctor had moved to Prince Albert in the early 1930s when he discoveredhhat his income barely covered his expenses despite his long -hours. A few months after Dr. Kaye moved, the village council con- tacted him to return. This time, his salary would be guaranteed by the town and a hospital would be built by the District of .Ukrainia. Dr. Kaye agreed and with local cooperation, the village of Mymam established the three -bed hospital. Now it was time to build a larger hospital. But money was scarce.. How could the small district of Ukrainia afford it? .A group of community leaders from rival political and religious groups called a mass meeting to discuss the problem and appeal for funds. No one really thbught tfiat the inhabitants of Myrnam and District would actually volunteer enough money to provide for construction of a new hospital. •However, modest contributions poured in. People gave all they could afford. Others volunteered to work for free. At the end of the meeting, the community had $8000, enough to begin building the hospital. On July 28, 1938 the hospital was completed. Four years later, the community decided to provide all medical. services, except hospitalization, for free. Hospitalization cost $2/day. According to the New Myrnam. High School Yearbook: "There is simply no need to go hungry for medical attention or hospitalization in the Myrnam Municipal Hospital District, whether you are rich or poor. This has been achieved because of the people, who have at heart the welfare, not only of their own, but that of • their fellow citizens as well." Other Prairie communities also engaged in cooperativeaction for the good of the whole citizenry. In 1914 the rural municipality of Sar- nia, Saskatchewan took the first step towards free medical care when they offered a $1500 retainer to their doctor to persuade him to stay. Based on the Sarnia experience, the government of Saskatchewan passed a law in 1916 allowing muriicipalities to levy taxes to hire doctors and build hospitals. By 1932, there were 32 "municipal doctors" working in Saskatchewan and a small number in Manitoba and Alberta as well. In 1946, the province of Sas- katchewan once gain led the way when it decided to provide free hospital care to all provincial residents. Fifteen years later, with federal government support, every province was providing free hospital care. Then in 1966, again after Saskatchewan charged the course, the national health care system Canadians called "medicare" •came into being. • Communities like Sarnia, Sas- katchewan and Myrnam, 'Alberta took the first: tiny steps toward universal medicare by showing Canadians what publicly ''funded health care could accomplish. Did you know? Formerly known as the War Memorial Children's Hospital, .the new Children's Hospital of Westem Ontario opened its doors to serve the children of Southwestern On- tario in 1986.