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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1994-10-19, Page 4• Page 4 - Lucknow Sentinel, Wednesday, October 19, 1994 The Sentinel Memoirs 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 $2000 within 40.ni. radius G.S.T. incl. ''Local Senior sl 700 within 40 mi radius G.S.T. incl. Out -Of -Area (40 miles) - Regular $32.24 - Senior $29:24 G.S.T. incl. • Foreign + U.S.A. $96:9 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. • An educated Residents In .the four area municipalities of Lucknow, Ashfield, Kinloss and West Wawanosh will go to the polls on Nov. 14. Citizens of the mentioned communities have registered for various seats on council. Now you, the ` rest of the •citizenry, must take up your. responsibility. It Is your right to vote on Nov.14, but It Isalso your responsibility when marking your .'X' to make an educated vote. Representation on council shouldn't tie by popularity. Within the next few weeks all -candidates or ratepayers meetings will be held. It is your responsibility to attend these Meetings. Find out what each candidate stands for so you can make that educated vote on Nov. 14. These women and men 'have gotten involved In their community. Give all of them your support by at least showing up at these meetings. Hear, what they have to say; ask them questions and then make your decision. Remember these people will be your municipal government representatives for three years. Do not let apathy set In. (PL) More tax, or drastic cuts? They. still don't get It. Critics of the Canadian government still don't seem to understand that the country is broke and there will need to be drastie and painful cuts In spending In every area if we are to preirent our foreign creditors from recalling their loans. As' Lloyd Axworthy, Minister of Human Relations In the Liberal government was delivering his discussion paper on sgctal reform for Canada last Wednesday, opposition members and .special Interest group spokesmen were sharpening their swords for the attack. Over and over they complained that Axworthy should be looking elsewhere to make changes - that proposed reform of unemployment Insurance, welfare and post -secondary school education would hurt those most who could afford It least. One can only Imagine the hue and cry form the masses had taxes on RRSPs and reductions In Canada Pension and Old ,Age Security been up for debate as had been rumored earlier. And then there was the "leaked" document - the one that suggested that Axworthy's goal was to save $7.5 billion over five years through social reform. So what? It should come as no big shock to Canadians that the $40 billion we spend annually on sour social security net is well beyond our ability to pay. .So In typical Canadian fashion, Axworthy has endured sniping from every corner of the country - even from Inside his .own party. It will be to his credit if he can stand firm over the next few months as this discussion paper Is. read, considered and amended. Itis In the very best Interests of each of us to communicate our good Ideas and constructive suggestions to the Government of Canada. We've been promised plenty of opportunity to put our two -cents -worth on the table and we should not fall this time to do so. It Is just too important. If you don't like the proposals so far; what others would you put forward to save the billions of dollars the government needs to find so that the lifestyle' we enjoy in Canada can be preserved for generations to come? We are asked to keep only one thing uppermost In our minds. The status quo Is not an option. There must be change. Either we must, pay more tax - or we must make drastic cuts to spending. What and how are the only ques- tions that need answers. - SJK Slogan: Goose Bruce, Slay Grey 70 years ago Oct. 23, 1924 ' Thieves at Lochalsh - On visiting his garage last Sunday morning, Mr. F.D. MacLennan, merchant of Lochalsh, was surprised to find that his Ford car had been stripped during the night of some of its essential parts. The cushions were mis- sing, a couple of spark -plugs had been taken, two of the coils without which a Ford won't work, and all the tools from the tool -box. • By way of compensation the thieves left a quantity of Moderation League literature, presumably for Mr. MacLennan's edification. Mr. Mac has been an outspoken advocate of the OTA. The incident is another illustration of the contempt into which the law has fallen, owing to the slackness of the police, dilatoriness of the courts and misplaced sympathy for law -breakers. 50 years ago Oct. 19, 1944 oose Bruce and Slay the Grey - In common with other municipalities, Kinloss and Luck - now quotas in the Seventh Victory Loan are set at a new high figure. Kinloss is asked to subscribe a minimum of $70,000 and Lucknow $105,000. Huron Township's quota is $110,000 and Culross at $95,000. The County minimum objective is $2,850,000 with an unofficial goal of $3,500,000. It's a big task but County officials are confident that Bruce will not fail. A good deal of interest is being created in the rivalry between Grey and Bruce to attain their objec- tives. Grey's sloan is "Goose Bruce" and Bruceites have come right back with the war cry, "Slay Grey". 25 years ago Oct. 22, 1969 ouncil news - W.A. "Bud" Hamilton fuels was awarded the tender to supply fuel oil to both the town hall and fire hall, at 18.7 cents per gallon, 2.8 cents off the regular price. No service was included. Consideration is being given by council to the purchase of a new ladder truck. At last week's meeting, the clerk and chairman of hydro were authorized to seek approval from the Ontario Hydro to purchase a new ladder truck and also seek infor- mation on whether or not Hydro would assist in the purchase of a new pickup utility truck. Lucknow tax rate down sharply - The tax rate for the village was set last week. On the overall picture, the 1969 rate will decrease 17 .mills for residential and 15 mills for commercial. The rate of the municipality itself has been reduced 25.61 mills for residential and 24.71 mills for com- mercial. This has been offset by increases in the county rate and both the public and high school rate. Lucknow's total rate for residential property will be 109 mills as compared with 126 last year. The LCPS World Watchers were busy last week making posters to draw attention to Waste Reduction Week, Oct. 17 to 21. During the week the group will be emphasizing 'reducing garbage', and waste audit will be conducted. Members of the World Watchers Include: left to right, back row: Tonya Pidgeon, Mike Mali, Sarah Morrison, Jamie Hiusser, Andy Ritchie, Amy Blake. Centre row: Kyle Johnston, Michelle Carruthers, Andrew Grist, Angie Nicholson, Janice Eadie, Amy Knechtel, Margo Abbott, Heather McGugan. Front row: William Kugler, Dave Gillespie, Sarah Taylor, Matt Pritchard. (Pat Livingston photo) Biplanes over Canada in .1914 by Lionel Kearns In 1914, flying machines were exotic and wondrous contraptions used to make headlines or draw crowds to exhibitions. Many Canadians had never seen an aeroplane, except in newspaper photographs, and flying was con- sidered an extremely dangerous activity, fit only for dare -devil "bird men" and lunatic "death mockers," as they were billed. . Although the Canadian government had shown little interest in the military potential of aircraft, in Britain the Royal Flying Corps' (RFC) had been established when World War I broke out, and almost immediately British airmen went into service flying reconnaissance missions over the Western Front. With general mobilization in this country, thousands of Canadians enlisted and were soon heading overseas on troop ships to support the mother country. The Canadian Expeditionary Force was made up of traditional army units, including infantry, cavalry, and artillery, but there was no Canadian air brigade. Canadians' wishing to participate in the developing atrial war had to join the British Royal Flying Corps or the Royal Naval Air Service, a I I ISA C, ,i �* process that was difficult in 1915 and 1916. A number of Canadian officers in army units in England managed to transfer into the RFC and receive training as flyers. Back in Canada a handful of other en- thusiasts paid for their own lessons at flying schools in Toronto and Vancouver, and then enrolled in the RFC or the RNAS. By 1916 the situation had changed dramatically. Aerial com- bat was consuming thousands of aircraft and flyers. On average, a new pilot lasted approximately three weeks at the front. To fill the growing requirements of personnel, the RFC began looking overseas for replacements. The "wild colonial boys" seemed to be particularly suitable candidates for life, and death, in the air, and many of the top "aces", names like Bishop, Barker, Collishaw, MacLat'cn, and Brown, turned out to be Canadians. So it was that early in 1917, the RFC, in co-operation with - the Canadian 'government, set up an ambitious recruitment and training program in Canada. As there were few existing facilities, air fields and .• training bases had to be built from scratch, and an infrastructure for accom- modation and instruction put in place. In response to the need for aircraft to use in the program, Canadian Aeroplanes Ltd. of Toron- to began producing. the Curtiss JN4 Canuck biplane. Over the next two years the factory manufactured some 1200 planes, plus spare parts: A large percentage of these planes were destroyed in flight training, which, in those early days, was almost as dangerous as combat. flying. Nevertheless, Canadian flyers began crossing the Atlantic in increasingly large numbers. By the end of the war, the Royal Flying Corps in Canada had turned out more than 2500 Canadian pilots. This training program contributed significantly to the Allied effort in the later stages of the war. It also set the stage for the establishment of the Royal Canadian Air Force, and the rapid development of civil aeronautics in Canada during the 1920s and 30s.