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The Sentinel Memoirs
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Gov't. cannot
cure all ills
Many of us cast the government as the agent responsible
for curing all our social Ills. When we are dissatisfied with an
aspect of our. society, we turn to the governmentand,
demand action. Take for example the current outcry against
crime In Canada. The government should jail offenders .,
longer, people say. The government 'should whip offenders
Or execute them, others contend. •
Few people who complain about social Ills think to make.
demands of themselves. They continue to dodge taxes and
resist tax increases while rehabilitation programs:In prisons
suffer from low funding. They let thousands of young boys
languish on the waiting list of BIg Brothers Association,
when research has shown boys who have BIg Brothers are
much more likely to complete school. Those who go without
are more likely to become "problematic for society," said
Shaun Burns, a BIg Brothers official.
There is nothing easier than complaining about problems
plaguing our society, and shifting the responsibility to cure
them onto Someone else. It Is much more difficult to
contribute one's time and talents to the community and
actively try to Improve It. The latter .option just might ac-
complish something. PC.
Volunteers greatly needed
To the editor:
September is. Arthritis month.
Each year it becomes more difficult
to find volunteers to canvass. This
will be the first year that Dungan-
non and area will not be canvassed .
unless a volunteer comes forward to
campaign.
For more information, please
TO THE EDITOR
.phone 528-3813.
Jean Whitby
Chair,
Lucknow Campaign.
Give -- to give hope.
Burglars hit Amberley store
70 years ago
September 18, 1924
Amberley Store Robbed - James Shiells'
general store at Amberley was the mark for
burglars the night of Sept. 5. The gang
evidently travelled by car as the principal goods taken
were tires, inner tubes, etc. The cash register with its
contents which fortunately was only a few dollars in
changewas taken away. Constable Pellow, of
Goderich was notified, but qo trace of the missing
goods has been reported:
The Coming Fall Fair - The posters are out announ-
cing Lucknow's Big Fall Fair for September 25 and
26th.
50 years ago
September 14, 1944
Forty-Five Children Inoculated Tuesday -
There were 45 kiddies in attendance at the
clinic for the inoculation of children against
diptheria and whooping cough on Tuesday morning in
the Town Hall. The clinic was conducted by Dr. W.V.
Johnston, M.O.H. with Miss Lena Robinson, Reg.N.,
in attendance.
Balloon
history
by Lionel Kearns
On September 6, 1856,20,000
curious . onlookers gathered at the
Ste. Anne Gas Works to witness an
'amazing spectacle. While the band
played and vendors- sold cold beer
and ice cream, and families spread
picnic blankets on Abe surrounding
fields, -a great crumpled linen bag
was slowly filling out and taking
the shape of an enormous balloon.
Eugene Goddard's Le Canada had
been ,fashioned by 50 seamstresses
working in a ,room at the Bon-.
secours Market in Montreal. To
publicize' the event, dozens of small
balloons had been released to drift
over the city. The crowd at Ste.
Anne waited impatiently for
.something to happen as the mayor
-and other civic and national dig-
nitaries made speeches. Would this
crazy contraption actually carry
human beings aloft?
At last the basket was attached,
and everything seemed to be in
order. Goddard and his three invited
guests, all newspaper men, climbed
in and took their assigned places.
"Release the 'ropes”, cried God-
dard. The crowd watched breath-
lessly as the balloon and its oc-
cupants lifted from the ground.
After a moment, as it shot higher
into the sky, the band struck up
Vive La Canadienne, and people
,:turn to page 5
Chins to go to Leafs' Camp At Owen Sound In
• October - It was revealed here last week that Bill
Chin, eldest.of Lucknow' famed line of Chinese puck
chasers; is on the reserve list of the Toronto Maple
Leaps, which prevents him from attending Detroit
Red Wings' hockey school. Brother Ab and George
didn't hesitate to make it clear that where Bill goes, '
they go, and • so all three will attend the Leafs'
training camp for two weeks this fall.
25 years ago
September 17, 1969
Inducted As Minister of Three Local Chur-
ches - Rev. Glenn A. Noble, B.A., B.D.,
formerly of Kitimat, British Columbia was
inducted into the pastoral charge of Lucknow, South
Kinloss ,and Dungannon Churches in Lucknow Pres-
byterian Church last. Thursday evening, September 11.
Mrs. Mw. Hooey Is 96 Years Old (Amberley News)
- Mrs. William Hooey celebrated her ninety-sixth
birthday at the home of her grandson, Carl and Betty
Hooey of the fourth concession.
Mark Stanley watches the first game'of the Ladies Slow Pitch
Play-off Tournament Friday night in Lucknow, the setting sun
throwing a grid of shadows from the chain link across his face and
clothes. (Paul Ciufo photo)
1 never got off the Big Brothers waiting list
When I was three years old, my
parents divorced and my father
moved away. I don't remember
crying for him over the next few.
weeks and months, but my mother
tells me in the dictionary under
inconsolable you could find my
picture.
I have pictures of many times
shared with my father before the
break-up, times I don't remember.
He hoisted me onto a pony, my
face half -hidden by a floppy black
felt cowboy hat. We sat tanned
and happy on our haunches at a
beach. He gave me a boost so my
mouth reached the drinking foun-
tain near the 20,000 Leagues
Under the Sea ride in Disneyland.
There aren't many pictures of
my dad and I taken after the •
break-up. He was busy with work
and a new wife. When I was six, I
overheard my mother on the
telephone begging him to spend
more time with me.
Roving
Ranter
by Paul
Ciufo
Strange worries preyed on my ,
young, mind. .I stood in front of a
mirror touching my cheeks and
wondered, who is going to teach
me to shave when I need to
know? I fretted: that my mom
hadn't told me the right way to
pee while standing up. At least I•
knew I did it better than my girl
cousin, who bragged a lot but
wasn't very skilled. And what
about girls? I wondered who was
going to fill me in about those
perplexing creatures.
I also served as a fine punching
bag fora couple of guys on my
bus. My mother kept telling me to
turn the other cheek. She didn't
understand (and neither did I, with
nobody to enlighten me) that a
boy has got to stand up for him-
self. Refusing to defend yourself
was a sure way to go home with a
bleeding nose nightly. I bled pints.
About this time, my mom tried
to get me a Big,$rpther. She had
no luck. The waiting list was very
long. 1 found out about this when
I was older. She hadn't wanted to
get my hopes up: , •
Then fortune smiled on me: my , ,
real brother carne home for B.C. •
Michael had been living in a log
cabin in the mountains. His skin
was tanned dark as iron, his hair
long as a horse's mane.
Hitchhiking across the country and'
back had taught Michael a lot. He
toughened me up in no time.
Spitting, peeing, wrestling, swag-
gering, girl -watching, how to
shoot a BB gun --he taught me,
everything 1 needed to know,, stuff
my mother didn't understand.
A few years ago I was studying
at Bishop's University and a
student started Big Buddies, a
program similar to Big Brothers. I
took part for two years. A boy
named Chris and I went to see a
theatrical version of To Kill a
Mockingbird; afterwards we talked
about judging a person according
to who he is, not his color. We
played hockey on an outdoor rink,
watched movies,, cheered on the
school football team. We joked a
lot, and talked about girls.
When 1 finally settle in one
place, I'll be a Big Brother.
There's almost 6,000 kids on the
waiting list this year, 26 in this
area alone. Most of them don't
have brothers on the way home
from B.C.
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Thank -you to everyone who made
my week in Lucknow fun and
interesting. I hope I get a chance to
come back to the Sentinel in the
future.