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Get involved!
The 1994 municipal election Is fast approaching. You,may
consider it "grass roots" politics, but government at the
municipal level has a much' more direct meaning to every
resident of °the municipality than anyother form of
government.
With the current three-year term coming to an end, now Is
the,time to consider getting Involved.
If you're one of those who have thought you'd Ilk to (earn
more about the workings of local government - get Involved.,
If you'reone of those who sit on the sidelines and harp
about what your council Is doing with taxpayers' money - get
involved. It's easy to spout off aboth ethers decisions. You
now have the opportunity to do something about It. Get
involved.
The nomination,' period runs from Oct: 11 - 14,'with the
election set for Nov. 14. . On Nov. 15, don't be one of those "crying the blues" about
the people who will be your local government representatives
'for the next three year term: Get involved! (PL)
Sport strikes give her
upper hand with remote.
These days, I'm hiding my
smirking face behind my hand
when I listen to avid sports .fans
complain about not getting their
"fix". The baseball strike and ten
tative hockey lockout are driving
sports fanatics and commentators
nuts. •
I love it! Mind you, I'm •very
careful not to be too gleeful in front
of them. You never know what a
-person in "withdrawal" will do.
Now, I'm just keeping my fingers
crossed that something will inter-
rupt the football schedule. The
remote control shall be mine!
Height of stupidity
Did, you hear or read about the
recent report regarding a driver in
Scarborough who was ticketed for
The poetry corner
it RAMBLINGS
by Pat Livingston
not putting his own money in the.
parking meter?
With paid time left on the meter,
the driver parked and went about
his business. On returning he found
a ticket. The new commandment is
"Thou shalt not park on another's
coin." Keep a sharp lookout for
binoculars pointed your way if
you're parking in Scarborough.
I .wonder how long it willtake
that municipality to instal coin
returns in meters for those who Teed
them too much.
October's Party
October gave a party;
The leaves by hundreds came -
The Chestnuts, Oaks and Maples,
And leaves of every name.
The Sunshine spread a carpet,
And everything was grand,
Miss Weather led the dancing,
Professor Wind the Band.
The Chestnuts came in yellow,
The Oaks in crimson dressed;
• The lovely Misses Maple
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In scarlet looked their best;
All balanced to their partners,
And gaily fluttered by;
The sight was like a rainbow
New fallen from the sky.
Then, in the rustic hollow,
At hide-and-seek they played,
The party closed at sundown,
And everybody stayed.
Professor Wind played louder;
Thcy flew along the ground;
And then the party ended
In jolly "hands around."
George Cooper
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Sentinel Memoirs
Vote against `bootleggers' paradise'
70 years ago
Oct. 9, 1924
Bootleggers' Paradise? - "For the honor of old.
Ontario", the Ontario Plebiscite Committee
was asking Ontarians to mark their ballot in
favor of the continuance of The Ontario Temperance
Act.
Part of the.advertisement read: " Ontario citizens do
NOT want THIS province to become 'a bootleggers'
paradise.' Thcy do no want their government to go
into partnership with the distillers and brewers,
splitting the booze business `fifty-fifty' with bootleg-
gers - which is the best any government has been able
to do under 'government sale'.
"The responsible electors of Ontario DO want the
happier homes, women and children, made possible
by The Ontario Temperance Act. They DO want to
defeat the liquor traffic's insidious effort to Lunt back
the clock. They DO want Ontario to be spared the
costly experience Of such bootleggers' paradises as
British Columbia, Manitoba -and Quebec."
50 years ago-
" Oct. 5, 1944
Hasover 26 miles of twine in ball - For 20
years, Mr. W.W. Hilt, veteran local grocer, has
made a hobby of salvaging bits of twine with
the result that he now has a ball that weighs. 19
pounds and is 42 inches in circumference. It is
estimated that the contents of the ball would extend
more than 26 .miles. Mr. Hill winds these- bits of
string daily, tying cathpiece together so neatly the
ends can scarcely be detected,
. The giant ball was on display at the Fall Fair, along
with Mr. Hill's Victory Garden exhibit which won
first prize.
Chin brothers leave for Toronto - Bill, Albert and
George Chin are scheduled to leave for Toronto
where they will undergo a medical checkup -before
accompanying the Toronto Maple Leafs to their
hockey camp at Owen, Sound, where training is due
to get underway on Oqt. 10.
It is expected it will fie the end of the month before
this trio of brothers returns to town, and in all
likelihood they will accompany the Leafs on the pre-
season exhibition tilts, as well as make an appearance
in the Blue and White benefit game in The Gardens
before the schedule opens,
25 years ago
. Oct. 8, 1969
Ffirst mail drop by air - "Our first mail drop
by air" is how Leonard Courtney of Huron
Township described an interesting incident at
.his farm last week. .
Mr. Courtney, a dairy 'farmer ships milk via the
carrier firm of Allan Johnston of Listowel.
One of the Johnston trucks had left Listowel early
Wednesday without • installing the new licence plates
for the vehicle. New plates are required quarterly. Mr.
Johnston, upon realizing thathis truck was on the
road' with the old. licence, phoned Mr. Courtney. and
told him to hold the driver at his farm.
Mr. Johnston, a licensed.pilot flew the truck licence
plates and ownership card up 'to Amberley in his
private plan and dropped them in the Courtney yard,
air mail, special delivery.
It's Coming'. to..: LUCKNOW, Friday, October 6th
The Show the Armed Forces Laughed at for Two Solid Years . .
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A BREEZY, RIOTOUS FUN FEAST
Wit, Music, Vaudeville, Burlesque, Song
Do you remember? The year was 1944.
Canada's first scientist loses by a nose
by, Marsha Boulton
NEW FRANCE, 1685 -- What
indigenous North American animal
confounded early scientific inves-
tigation?
New France presented a cor-
nucopia of new plant and animal
life to its explorers. Among these
never -seen -before oddities, the
skunk must have presented no un-
certain surprise to European settlers
who had never experienced its
odoriferous nature.
Michel Sarrazin, the colony's first
natural scientist, abandoned an
attempt to analyze the creature's
anatomy because "it had a frightful
smell, capable of making a whole
canton (district) desert.
The 26 -year-old French surgeon
came to New France in 1685 and
bceame surgeon -major of the troops
at Vile -Marie and Quebec City.
Sarrazin's hobby was scientific
endeavors and he devoted himself
to investigating the. indigenous flora
and fauna, which presented many
uncharted species. Initially,' he,
would risk Iroquois ambush while
roaming the woods fields and bogs,
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. gathering specimens and assembling
countless notes and sketches which
he forwarded to scientists in France.
In 1699 the Royal Academy of
Sciences in Paris honored Sarrazin
by naming him as a corresponding
member.
Althdugh surgical techniques were
far from advanced and anesthetics
quite primitive, in 1700 Sarrazin
performed a breast cancer operation
on a nun. It may have been the first
of its kind in New France and his
biographer, Andre Valle, cites this
as an example of Sarrazin's "profe-
ssional conscious, surgical ability
and religious and moral valor."
Epidemics of flu and yellow fever
were a constant problem. In his
quest for cures and remedies, Sar-
razin gained the trust of.the native
people and sought their suggestions.
In 1702 a smallpox epidemic.
killed 2,000. Using his skills as a
botanist, Sarrazin discovered a
smallpox treatment through the
common pitcher plant, whose scien- •
tific name is Sarracenia purpurea.
His investigation into the proper-
ties of the sugar maple laid- the
foundation for the harvest of maple
syrup, which reduced the need for
expensive, imported sugar and
created a new industry.
By 1704, Sarrazin had submitted
morc than 200 specimens to the
royal Academy, including.
anatomical studies of, the beaver,
porcupine and muskrat.
As a member of the Superior
Council, his knowledge of plant life
was applied to agriculture and he
was charged with the responsibility
of examining the milling and
cooking of wheat. Although Turkish
wheat was initially considered,
Sarrazin obtained hardier wheat
specimens from Sweden which
yielded superior results.
At 53, Sarrazin married a woman
33 years his junior. Although he
• See Sarrazin, page 5