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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1994-08-10, Page 4Page 4 - I,ue kn'ovti Sentinel, Wednesday, august 10, 1994 1 The Sentinel Memoirs Published weekly by Signal -Star Publishing Ltd at 61.9 Campbell Street Lucknow. Ont P 0 Box 400, Lucknow, Ontario NOG 2H0 52.8-2822 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 $2000 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) - Rego'la`r.$32.24 - Senior $29.24 G.S.T. incl. Foreign . USA $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. ' OMB hearing now an ongoing saga "The wheels of progress grind slowly" Is an appropriate statement to be applied" toward Ontario Municipal Board (OMB) hearings, in particular the Donegan/Kinloss one. It's 3,1 months since Kinloss Township' council refused the application of Donegan Haulage to rezone a piece of property to allow a gravel pit. In that time the OMB held a mediation meeting in August 1993 to "see If some solution could be arrived at prior to the expense of a full board meeting." A full hearing was recommended, scheduled for" December 1993 and then postponed. A pre -hearing conference was held last week to"ensure that the full OMB hearing runs smoothly, determine who Is opposed to the application and what the Issues are." As a result, .another pre -hearing conference Is tentatively set for December 1994, with a full hearing ten- tatively ,scheduled for AprIl 1995. Don't hold your breath, for the full hearing. It could be set aside again If all required studies are not complete. And no doubt another pre -hearing conference will be held. It Is hard to fathom where the savings of dollars comes about In this scenario. Each time some type of hearing is held, an OMB representative must travel to Kinloss. And who is paying for all this OMB time? • Another Interesting point Is the possibility of a new, or partially new, council being elected In Klnlos§ this fall. Will their opinion differ from that of the present council who turned down the rezoning application? Stay tuned for this ongoing saga. (PL) ' If babies could talk... Have you ever wondered what babies would say, if they could converse in understandable lan- guage? The recent presence of an eight- month old in our household rnakcs me pose the question. Over the long weekend, I had the opportunity 'to view her reaction to adults who, through cooing; cawing, and gurgling in wires pitched higher than normal, nr,tdc her SI (1 gurgle back, and plow hutihies, • What is she really laughing at'? Arid thus,' the query,—What would babies say.it they could talk:'" 1 have my.uwn opinion on what Megan :would like to be able, to share with us on certain Occasions: To Daddy David, as he throws me up in the air to make me laugh •-• "You think I really enjoy this, eh? Well, really; it splits me up to think what your face is going to look like when those mashed peas mommy just fed me come spilling up! Then we'll see who is laughing." To Mommy Tammy, who thinks repeating "y,uitim�, yummy" in that sing sung voice is going to con- vince m' haat yak n good • "If you think thhss'i mashed peas arc so yummy, you eat them., and give me the dessert!" Rby p, -it t ivingctnn AMBLINGS 1 To Aunt Pat, who's always got that camera stuck tit trout of her face - "It's not your cooing making me Iaugh.,Just take a lank in the mirror and you'll laugh too!". To t.lncic Harv, who has a difficult tinge deciding if L'in an it, him or her as he flocs his eoochy, coochy thing 00 my little check - "I know when you get cltYsc to 50, the grey matter. breaks down, but for good- ness sake can't ybu remember - pink ,is for girls!" To cousin Kirk whti is scared to hold mc, but doesn't mind talking to me• in his own regular voice - "1 don't break that easily. I'd really like to he in your arms; you have a• head of hair 1'd love to wrap my lingers around and pull, you big bazooka!" To soon -to -le -cousin Danielle who loves to cuddle me - "Could you please leave my hands alone; I'd really laugh for you it, you'd let me •grab those dangly things hanging from your ears." Trespassers, thieves tell tall tales 70 years ago Aug. 7, 1924 Thief shot at Benmiller - A man giving his name as Bevitt Liske was shot and captured at Benmiller while endeavoring to steal goods fromGledhill's woollen mill. Mr. Gledhill had missed goods from the mill on several occasions and for some time had watched for the thieves. On Monday morning he discovered ,two men with a truck in the act of trying to steal some of his woollen goods. When they found they were discovered they started to run avow, but a shot which hit Liske on the shoulder brought him to a halt and he was captured. His companion escaped, but from information given by Liske, a man by the name of Lockridge was arrested at Mitchell. Liske was taken to the Goderich jail. 50 years ago Aug. 10, 1944 cottish clan held reunion - The annual ►S reunion of the Clan MacDonald, descendants of the late Donald and Murdoch MacDonald, renewed old ties at the picturesque grove on the farm of Alex MacDonald, ex -reeve of Ashfield. It is 100 years since the arrival of the first Mac- Donalds in Ashfield and 101 registered their name on this 15th reunion. Winners named in crop contest - Winners have been named in the field crop competition sponsored by the Lucknow Agricultural Society. The competition was for standing fields of Cartier oats grown from registered No. 1 seed. There were 18 entries in the contest with the first eight scoring the highest marks dividing the prize money of $75. First prize was $15 and eight prize $5. Letters must, be signed FROM THE EDITOR We recently received an un- signed 'letter to the editor'. While the Lucknow Sentinel welcomes readers' views and opinions, there is a strict policy in place. All letters must be signed and include the author's address and telephone number for verification purposes. Letters should be topical and are routinely edited for length, style and clarity. Brief letters which make a point have more impact and stand a better change of inclusion. Personal attacks, consumer complaints and potentially libelous letters will be rejected. Winners were: Harvey Ritchie, W.E. Henderson, Wilmer Robb, Harry Lavis, Samuel Gibson, Thomas Hackett, Roy Alton, Robert Hamilton. 25 years ago • Aug. 6, 1969 Ffiremen save much of Ripley chemical buil- ding - Prompt action by the Ripley Fire Department, with assistance from Lucknow Fire Department, saved a major fire at the Ripley Chemicals plant in Huron Township from being a completely disastrous one. • Trespassers and thieves tell tall tales '- Gordon Smyth of West Wawanosh has found out that there are some "pretty nervy" thieves throughout the country, who tell some ridiculous tales when caught in the act. Several weeks ago, following his daughter's wed- ding, Gordon and family and friends had returned to Smyth farm on the 6th when he noticed a car pull up at his place adjacent, to the farm where the Smyth family live. . A man proceededto climb onto the roof of the house, remove the lightning rod globes and toss them down to a lady waiting with outstretched hands below. • . Upon questioning the man, Gordon was told the lady was a collector of the globes and considered the farm abandoned and "open territory". Gordon quickly explained that he still paid taxes on. the property and if anyone was going to collect the globes it would be him. On checking with police, Gordon found out that the name of the game is to loosen the lightning rods while on the roof and return after dark to pull them down for the copper value that's in them. Teacher opts for business LUCKNOW BUSINESSMAN - 1910 - "Geordie—Andrew is an Ashfield boy, havhig been born on the 12th Conc. of that township, • not very many years ago. When 18 years of age he qualified as a school teacher and was later for one year in charge of the school at Holyrood. Salaries in those clays were not such as tended to make their recipients unduly wealthy; and in 1893 Mr. Andrew removed to Lucknow, definitely abandoning the drilling of pupils for the sel- ling of drills. In other words, Mr. Andrew began business here as an implement agent and dealer in musical instruments. His business has grown and prospered in a satisfactory manner. He represents the Deering line of harvesting machinery, and this year alone sold five carloads of it'. He handles also, Cockshutt and Wilkinson plows; Tudhope and Wm. Doer's carriages; Doherty organs; •Heintzsman pianos; Ncw Williams sewing machines; Timothy and Clover seed; and various other lines of agricultural requirements. Therese Casgrain: voice of women by Catherine Carstairs QUEBEC, 1941 -- 'One of Canada's most revered social reformers, Therese Casgrain, was , born into'a wealthy and privileged' Montreal family in 1896. Her father, Sir Joseph Forget, a wealthy financier and Conservative Member of Parliament, encouraged her to take an interest in social issues.. Under his . influence Casgrain became interested in social issues at an early age. . Her first crusade was for, women's suffrage. .As • a tcenagei, Casgrain saw women across the country fighting for the right to vote. At 17, she became involved in the Montreal Suffrage Association. Four years later women won the right to vote in federal elections. However, it would be many years before women in Quebec would be .pennitted to vote in provincial elections. As President of the Women's Rights Lcaguc, ,C'asgrain repeatedly persuaded Members of the National Assembly to introduce hills that would cltl;ttgc the law, Over and over again, the hills were, defeated. Nonetheless, Casgrain persevered - organizing petition drives, protests i'`!� `:I I Ili,"� (((��['vv{{ and dcicgations. Finally, in 1941, Quebec women earned the right to dote. If this were all she had done, she would . still be a Canadian to remeinbcr. However, she continued to press for political change both for women and for humanity as a whole. Real change, she decided, was best achieved in Parliament. She ran as an independent Liberal candidate in a by-election in 1942, and came in second. In 1946•Casgrairh joined the CCF, the forerunner of the NDP. Five years later she became the first Canadian woman to head a political party when she was elected Leader of the Quebec CCF, -She. ran for parliament another eight times. She was never elected hut she brought public attention to her causes. In 1957, she resigned as leader of the Quebec CCF in the vain hope that a male leader would improve their chances of electoral success. rN Never one to rest quietly,,. Casgrain formed the Quebec branch of the Voice of Womqn to protest the nuclear threat in 1961. As a leader in the Voice of Women, she travelled throughout Western Europe and the Soviet Union promoting nuclear disarmament. At 74 Casgrain was appointed to the Senate. She could only serve for nine months until mandatory retirement laws forced her to give up the .post. But, as she told a young journalist: "Young man, there are a lot of things a woman can accomplish in nine months..." During that term, Casgrain en- thusiastically participated in many Senate committees, always ensuring recognition of the rights of women and of the less privileged. Whcn Casgrain died in 1981, the well-known Quebec author Solangc Chaput-Rolland said with sadness: "Many of us believed she would always be among us and ahead of • us in the defence of the humble and all those who had too little justice, too little to eat and too little to love."