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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1994-07-27, Page 4Page 4 — Lucknow Sentinel, Wednesday, July 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 Helm — Front Office Subscription rates advance: Local Regular oo within 40 mi. radius G.S.T. incl. Local Senior $1700 within 40 mi. radius G.S.T. incl. The Sentinel Memoirs The `oldtimers 70 years ago July 31, 1924 Id timers come home - Oven 1200 "old boys" 0 and "old girls" came home for the St. Helens School'(S.S. No. 4 West Wawanosh) reunion last week. The day was fine, neither too hot nor too cool for comfort, until in the evening, when rain came on;and interfered somewhat with the program. But the best part was over which was the meeting of the oldtimers and their welcome back by those who had remained. upon the old ground and the younger generation which had grown up and planned the reunion. Street traffic regulation - "Silent policemen" have. been placed at the principal crossings on Campbell Street, and the council has instructed the village constable to see that traffic regulations are strictly Out -Of -Area (40 miles) - Regular $32.24 - Senior $29.24 G.S.T. Incl. enforced. $96V After Aug. 5, no excuses for violations will be Foreign + U.S.A. accepted. All traffic whether horse, or motor must Publicatiu•is mail registration no. 0847 held at Lucknow, Ont. keep to the right and turning on the streets at other Changes of aadress, orders for subscriptions, and undeliverable copies Places' than street intersections will not be permitted. (return postage gua anteed) are to be sent to Lucknow Sentinel at -the • • above address. Advertising is accepted on the condition that in the event of • 50 years ago .a typographical error, the portion of the advertising space occupied by the •July 27, 1944 • . erroneous item together with a reasonable allowance for signature, will not oards can change school date opening.. - be cha,•ged for, but the balance of the advertisement will be paid at the' High schools throughout Ontario.will open on applicable rates. the legal date of Sept. 5, it :was stated last week..by the Ontario Department of Education. pis �a . came home Any secondary school board, however, may extend the .opening date up to a month later if the number of pupils working in harvesting, preserving, processing and canning makes it necessary. To open medical practice - Dr. John H. White, B.A.; physician and surgeon, will open a medical practice here on Aug. 1. Dr. White's office will be in the Johnstone Block in a portion of the building forrnerly used as the IOOF Hall. Dr. White first practised in Whitechurch, for three years after his graduation. He then spent nine years at Brussels. and for the past 15 years had held the position of medical officer for the city of Fort Wil- liam. 25 years ago July 30, 1969 Farm goes up in flames - During a severe electrical storm on -Thursday evening lighting set fire to the large barn on the farm of Don Ross in Kinloss Township. Destroyed in the fire was a new silo the season's hay crop, a hammer mill and feed mixer and some little.pigs. The neighbors assisted Don in saving the calves.. A few days previous to the fire, Don had taken the grain from the Henderson barn on his other place to the home. bam.,It too was lost in the fire. NDP turning screws MacKenzie, a prince' of a guy on hunters, shooters To the editor: Well it happened again! Another policeman shot dead in the line of duty. It would not have been so if the gun was registered or even bought with a F.A.C. Yet the other police officer in- volved drew his gun and will have to fill out a report. Who is really responsible? The man accused of this murder should have been deported several years ago because of illegal drug and firearms possession. Now our immigration department lost his file and maybe he did it again. Lost his paper work? No it can't be! But truer Now our N.D.P. government has another solution: turn the screws a little tighter for the hunters and shooters. Now we must show a photograph I.D. when we buy ammunition; more paper work which will make more employment for the right person; higher prices for amo; more taxes. Maybe send murder to jail for TO THE EDITOR five or six years. Rehabilitate them. Being a visible minority he could have the job! • Right Bob? Seconded by Paul "Flop". All in favor? None opposed...carried..: No debate necessary awl just in time for holidays! I'm glad that the house is . in recess; at least things can't get any worse for a couple of months, then hunters beware! Our prime minister is after us, but at least Paul Steckle has enough back bone to stick to his gunsand oppose any further gun control. Maybe I will just have to sell all my guns and join the Happy Bunch; so I can have equal rights and not be discriminated against. Keep it up and you will hear from me again. Ron Hallam R.R. 3, Auburn. What's in a name? A lot of love! If there's one otherthing that can be associated with summer, ' in addition to holidays, it has to be family picnics or reunions. Neither side of our family is really big on these occasions: However, recently I had the oppor- tunity to renew acquaintances with some aunts and, uncles on my mother's side. Two couples, getting . up in their years, travelled, from Newfoundland to Ontario for a month long visit, and mom decided to have a . get together of her Siblings - eight all• together. The moment I • walked into the backyard to greet them, I stepped back in time. As hugs and kisses were exchanged, I became the little 10 -year-old they saw many, many years ago. Yes, I was their "Patsy" and that is what I' will always be until either they or myself depart this world. Patsy was the name I was called until I reached the age where I thought I could get away with defiantly decreeing that I would be known as Pat. The 'relatives I see semi -regularly adapted to the name change, but those farther away still think of me as Patsy, and so be it. As I said, a great number of years 'RAMBLINGS • by Pat Livingston have gone by, but to me they still looked the same. And who said time stands still for no one? Then there was my uncle and aunt who my mom and I lived with for a time before she remarried. They were parents to four girls, all close in age. Add one more female teen and you can imagine how hectic that household was for Uncle Ray and Aunt Mildred, They, too have weathered the years' very well. My uncle 'is stili a good looking, charming man with a wee bit of the `devil' in him. And Aunt Mildred is still the calm, sweetheart of a woman I remember from my teens. Family get togethers are an im- portant part of our lives. I don't think we realize that until we get a `little older'; memories are rekindled, and more added. And if these aunts and uncles want to call me Patsy, I have no complaints. I know there's a lot of love coming my way, when that name passes their lips or comes to mind. Aug. 11, 1910 - With feelings of peculiar pleasure we write the name of William Lyon MacKenzie. In the ordering of Providence, that name was cut too short: they should have added `King'. But we pardon the deficiency now; for; personally, he is a `prince' of good fellows, and, in a business way, he is one of the shrewdest and yet most liberal - minded men in Lucknow. Besides ' the • curtailment of his name, one other thing William Lyon MacKenzie could not help: he could not help being a medicine man. He was born that way. His play house in infancy was a miniature drug' store, and his favorite play toys were axes, saws,. and all things else in the likeness of surgical tools. His first order for drugs was solicited one day when, as a tod- dling boy, he dug some Burdock roots and tried to sell them in a W.L. MacKenzie Lucknow drug store. That order was never booked. To such a youth, we • may presume, a farm was too limited a field; and we fmd him at an early age departed from his old home in Ashfield' • and • working in the laboratories of a wholesale drug house in Toronto. He went through various degrees of progress there, amassing a large fund' of infor- mation, and eventually becoming traveller .for .the firm. That position he. held . for five years. Then he suddenly resigned' one day to puta medicine of his own on the market he had perfected a formula that was' worthy of such confidence.:. Hence we find him established in Lucknow the first Proprietory medicine house in this village, or in any other village for miles around. 'The medicine he had to offer was a Combination Pill for the blood and kidneys. Since then he has sold thousands of boxes of them; he has increased his line of medicines to the number of nearly'.a dozen; his business is rapidly extending; and in all probability it will not, be long before all Ontario will be included in his field of trade. Women's role in fur trading by Catherine Carstairs women. For the first time, he met The Canadian northwest -- Books with success in his explorations, on the fur trade are generally Fur traders sometimes owed their populated with austere Orkneymen lives to native women. When employed by the Hudson's Bay provisions were exhausted at a Lake Company and, freespirited French` Superior outpost in 1815, it was a Canadian . voyageurs who worked native woman who caught enough for the NorthWest Company. Most small game to keep them from contain little information about starvation. Similarly, at a Hudson's women. And yet, as historian Sylvia Bay Post in 1810, a Cree. woman Van Kirk has shown, native women kept the Englishalive, since she were crucial to the success of the was the only one who knew Now to fur trade. mend and set fishing nets. Women performed many of the Women were not only strong"and tasks necessary for surviving in the capable helpmates; they also played wilds. They dressed furs, made an important diplomatic role. clothing, moccasins and snowshoes, Strategic marriages were often provided traders with pemmican, arranged between thedaughters of carried heavy loads, paddled and important chiefs and fur traders. built canoes and acted as guides These women acted as interpreters and interpreters. • and peacemakers and were At first, relying on women came instrumental in establishing strong as a shock to many fur traders and ties between their people and the explorers. In England and in New fur traders. France, women were regarded as Although many of these marriages unfit for thiskind of work. White were initially undertaken for very explorer Samuel Heame was utilitarian reasons, some blossomed startled when native chief Matonab- into tender loveaffairs. The journals bee told , him that he would only of fur traders are filled with affec agree to act as a guide if women tion and gratitude to their native were included in the expedition. wives. William McNeil, Captain of Matonabbee explained: "There is no The Beaver, wrote of his deceased such thing as travelling any con- . wife: "She has been a good and siderable distance, or for any length faithful partner to me for 20 years of time, in this country, without and we have 12 children 'together. their assistance. Women, though No Woman could have done her they do everything are maintained duty better." at a trifling expense; the very lick- When men who had taken native ing of their fingers in scarce times wives retired from fur trading, they is sufficient for their subsistence." faced a serious dilemma. A few Besides, he added: "Women were took the radical step of • bringing made for labor, one of them can their wives east. But most felt that carry, or haul, as much as two their spouses would find it too men." Hearne relented and included difficult to adjust to life in England or eastern Canada. Instead, they left their wives • in the care of their families. Many men left pensions for their spouses. Crueller men just abandoned the women who had cared for them. Fur traders shared the prejudices of their time. Few regarded native peoples as their equals. However, they depended on native peoples, particularly native women, for the success of the fur trade. These two •characteristics of fur trade society - prejudice and dependence - had an important impact on the develop- ment of Canadian west. Give your ;opinion at OMB hearing To the editor: Does your child' ride the school bus that travels on Conc. 5/6 of Kinloss Township? If so, are you aware of thepoten- tial danger from large gravel trucks using this road? If the proposed gravel pit is allowed, there could be as many as 50 full trucks carrying 50 tonnes of gravel travelling this hilly road. This means 50 empty ones also. If you have concerns for the safety of your children, please be at the Ontario Municipal Board pre - hearing on Wednesday, Aug. 3, at 10 a.m. at the Kinloss Township building in 'Holyrood. This will show your support for the township council and the ratepayers group. Gord Fletcher, R. R. 1, Lucknow.