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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1994-04-27, Page 4Page 4 — Lueknow Sentinel, Wednesday, April 27, 1994 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 Help — Front Office Subscription rates advance: Local Regular $2000 within 40 mi radius G.S.T incl. Local Senior si 700 within 40 mi radius G.S.T. incl • Out -01 -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 cha,ged for, but the balance of the advertisement will be paid at the applicuhle rates, Could all those pennies reduce the national debt? So Canadians want to reduce the national debt? Send in your pennies. We're not kidding. It has been estimated that there's about $7 billion - give or take a billion - in pennies sitting around In jars, boxes and bags In Canadian homes coast to coast. Why not send them pito the government, earmarked for deficit reduction? If we added in the change that sits on top, of the dresser or that cup on the kitchen counter full of nickels, dimes and quarters - maybe even the odd Looney - who knows? Canadians might be able to wipe out the national debt In one day! • When you get right down to It, It would not be Impossible for Canadians to get themselves out of 'hock with some innovative thinking and a bit of old-fashioned common sense. Wecould right ourselves in a hurry and get on with being productive and progressive. But the problem goes much deeper.. The problem is that Canadians simply do not trust government. We haveplenty of good reason to believe that government would mismanage the most successful fund-raisingdrive and land us squarely back in the soup within hours.. - That's why we horde our pennies and cheat the taxman every which way we can. It's not very smart but it's reality.' (SJK) Golf, anyone? You don't have .to ask that ques- tion twice around our household. Since February the two golf fanatics in my household have been biting at the bit to get on the course. It's almost vile watching two grown men lovingly caress a piece of stecl,,as they gaze out the window . during a snow storm and curse poor old man winter. The love of my fife spent a whole day carefully polishing his shoe's, cleaning and rearranging his bag, polishing the clubs and, fondling golf balls. The other male I hold' dear to my heart made a trip to London in: weather that could only be called treacherous,' simply to have a club replaced. It could have waited for a day or two, but no, once he dis- covered a flaw in one of his new clubs, it had to be tended to im- mediately. I, wonder if he would have been so accommodating if the dove of his life had wanted to make a trip in such weather simply to shop. Yes, it's that time, of the year again, and if I didn't get the planned work in the house completed by now, it's history until next winter. Everything stops for golf! All schedules are arranged around golf! You should have heard the crying from their foursome when they discovered Number One Son's wedding day 'falls on the same day as a "big" tournament R AMBLINGS by Pat Livingston ` they all take part in. They did their darndest to get the date of the wed- ding edding changed, but our soon-to-be .daughter held her ground. I was proud of her! In all fairness, I too am looking forward, to getting back on the course. Hard to believe, when only four years ago'I wrote about being ' a pernickety golfer. The weather had to be perfect - not too hot or too cola, not too windy, etc. Would you believe during the last two' seasons, I actually golfed in rain. ' There's something about smacking a little white ball around that can turn a sane person into an idiot. Yes, I'm really looking forward to another season. ' I can't wait to chase that little ball that never goes where it's supposed to. The joy of sitting on a golf cart, with the breeze whipping my hair and the bugs going up my nose will soon be mine. I just love diving behind my bag or under a bush' when I hear "fore!" And it'll be another summer of trying to hold off nature's call between the two so- called strategically placed "johnnies". Golf, anyone? The Sentinel Memoirs Glass water pitchers sold for .45 70 years ago ° May, 1924 Small crowd attends concert - Contrary to expectation Saturday night is not a good night for a concert. The crowd is in townall right, but the majority prefer to enjoy the social time on the street, or meeting their friends in ,the stores to going to the Hall no matter what's on. Only a hundred or so went to see the .picture show and hear the McQuinn sisters in the Town Hall. The program, however, was good. The McQuinns are, a very agreeable lot, and all natural m sicians. They played a variety of instruments, including parsifiel bells, saxophone, violin etc. As a respectable and capable organization they deserved better patronage, but we all have to take chances. Look smart - Cameron, Murdoch & Co was advertising "A mere slip of silk, but it is the firth foundation of the filmy frock, the smooth fitting slip which is one of the underlying facts of the smart frock, substituted for the disjointed camisole and petticoat, you are sure that the gown will fall straight and slim from shoulders to hem. Habutai silk, in a variety of colors, a yard wide, at $1.25 per yard; or Pongee silk, extra quality and good width, in new blue, navy, black, rose and pink, at $L50 per yard and natural shade at $1.25 per yard." Reorganization sale - Fred Stanley, having taken; over the stock from Mr. Hilliard, was reorganizing it to suit Lucknow buyers. Some of his sale items. included glass water pitchers at .45 and .60; 1-2 pint size glass cream pitchers at .25.'Stationery was selling for .08 for a 300 sheet linen writing page. Aluminum salts and peppers were on sale for .19 a pair. He had only 50 spring hats ,for ladies and children, regular price of. $3 to $6 clearing at only $2,49. 1 1 50 years ago May 4, •1.944 - Fire company elects officers - At the regular meeting of the Lucknow Fire company, the election of officers was held resulting as foll'ows:. Captain, W.A. Solomon; 1st Lieut. Harry Nixon; 2nd Lieut. Dave Milne; secretary. L.C. Thompson; treasurer, K.C. Murdie; branchmen, Jim Campbell, Cameron MacDonald, K.C. Murdie, J.L. MacMillan; hydrant man, R.T. Douglas; linemen' R.J. Moore, L.C. Thompson. Jim Campbell was installed at this meeting as a new member of the company. • 13th power bill wipes out indebtedness - At the regular . meeting of village council, the 13th Power. Bill was presented revealing a credit to the local commission of $2419.43. This more than wipes out the indebtedness to the HEPC in connection with rebuilding of the local system,by over $100. 25 years ago April 30, 1969 Appoint Anglican rector - Rev. Robert T, F. Odendahl was appointed as the rector of the Anglican. parish ,of St. Peter's Lucknow, Church of the Ascension, Kinlough; St. Paul's Ripley, and the associated congregations of Christ Church, Port Albert, with St. Paul's Church, Dungannon congregations that will alternate Sunday worship in their two churches. Local musicians score ,well - A .number of Luck - now and area students went by bus, to Stratford to participate in the annual Stratford Kiwanis Music, Festival. T4ie results were as follows:' John ' Henderson, in open Recorder Solo class, was awarded first place with a mark of 84. Ricky Passmore, in Cornet Solo 15 years and under, received a second place ribbon with a mark of 78. ' Ricky Pritchard, with a mark of 81, received a first place ribbon. In Saxophone solo, 18 years and under, Douglas Wall received first prize with 83 marks. John Hender-- son received 2nd with 81 marks. In Clarinet solo, 13 years and' under, Ruth Hender- son, Gail Pritchard and Brenda MacDonad received 79, 78 and 77 respectively. - Bob Hall placed '1st in Pianos Sight Reading class, 14 years/and under, with a mark of 80. A man of many talents 1910 - Dispenser of Justice to the living, performer of the last neces- sary servipes to the bodies of the dead, is M. Alexander T. Davison, furniture dealer and undertaker. Since the year 1872, Mr. Davison has been a resident and business man of Lucknow. Mr. Davison was born on d farm in the County of Haldimand. Ap- prenticed to a furniture manufac- turer and undertaker in ,Varna, Huron County, he served his time there, afterwards moving to Oshawa where he took a position in a, big furniture factory. From Oshawa he came to Lucknow, as,already stated. A.T. Davison The apprentice system under which Mr. Davison learned the manipulation of tools and the making of furniture, was much more thorough than is generally. prevalent now. From the taking of the lumber from the. pile to the staining and' varnishing ofthe finished article, every step in .the progress of the work was thorough- ly learned. The ' result was a completeness and durability of work r such . as ".few modern. - factory products reveal, Five years ago, Mr. Davison -was appointed 'a Justice of the Peace. His municipal connection has also been somewhat extensive; he having served for five years on the council board and afterwards one year as • reeve of the village. Sam Steele: Lion of ' the Yukon LAKE BENNETT, YUKON TERRITORY, 1898 -- The Klon- dike Gold Rush is on. , Every day, hundreds of prospectors agonizingly climb over the Chilkoot pass filled with the hope of finding a fortune , in nuggets on the -other side. The situation is ripe 'for trouble. In Skagway, Alaska, on the American side of the' border, Gangster Soapy Smith and his crew of thugs control the town. Skagway was. "the, most outrageously lawless quarter 1 ever. struck", remembered- one .gold rush veteran. "It seemed as if the scum of the earth had hastened" here to fleece and rob, or...to murder." To preserve peace and order on the' Canadian side of the border, Prime Minister Wilfrid Laurier's government dispatched Canada's . finest policeman, Superintendent, Sam ' Steele of the , North-West Mounted Police. During the winter of 1898 Steele and his Mounties built posts on the top the mountain passes leading into the Yukon. Here the Mounties collected custom duties, confiscated handguns and even disciplined miners who mistreated their pack animals. In the spring, Steele moved his headquarters down to Lake Bennett, a tent city of 10,000 gold -seekers. The.prospcctors had gathered here to wait for the spring break-up that would open the river route to :the gold fields. All types of seafaring craft were being built in preparation for the final leg of the journey. Steele quickly realized that some of the boats would never survive the rough waters. 'He set up a Mountie checkpoint to prevent unseaworthy boats from departing. This decisive action saved many lives. Steele dealt firmly with unruly intruders into Canadian territory. one evening he heard two shots ring out near his cabin. The gun- man was brought before Steele, who found marked cards and loaded dice in his saddlebags. The culprit was indignant: "I'll have you know that you can't lock up a United States citizen and get away with it." "Well" said Steele, "seeing you're an American citizen, I'll be very lenient. I'll confiscate everything you have and give you half an hour to leave ° town". The gambler was quickly marched hack up the pass with a Mountie escort. From. Lake Bennett, Steele made. his way to Dawson city, 'the new gold capital of the North. Like Skagway, Dawson had its share of rough characters. Steele allowed the miners to drink and gamble in Dawson, but he made sure .that the whisky wasn't drugged, that the. games were honest, and that Sun- day was respected. Violence had no place on Sam Steele's Canadian frontier. He also' tried to end the corrupt practices of the , Canadian bureaucrats. This brought him face to face with Sir Clifford Sifton, one ' of the most powerful politicians of his day. Honesty and righteousness lost out and Steele was relived of his command. The citizens of Dawson sent petitions and telegrams to Ottawa to protest the removal of "our most popular and trusted, of- ficial" but to no avail. When Steele left the Yukon in September 1899, the prospectors, gamblers, ragtime piano -players and dance hall girls gathered on the wharf to give him "such an ovation and send-off as no man has ever received from the Klondike gold - seekers".