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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1986-08-13, Page 4'V rage 4-14tadinew Sentinel, Wednesday, August 13 1986 P.O. fr* ox 400, Lmoknow NOG 2H0 EstabO!shed 1873 Thomas Thompson Alan Rivett Pat Livingston Joan Helm Merle Elliott 52 2822 A CCISIIA CL4r BLUE RIBBON AWARD 1986 -Advertising Manager -Editor -General Manager -Compositor -Typesetter VC KW ILO OIROIJLATION Kati11.1 Subscript sn ra es n a $17.00 Outside Canada $60.60 . si coo Outside Canada $58.00 Senior Citizen Second clasd mailing reg. no. 0847 • 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 signatufe, will not be charged , for, but the balance of the advertisement will be paid at the applicable rates. Public liquor act hear•ings bound to bring changes At the end of public hearings into the liquor license act In October, the ' people of Ontario can loOkforward to some sweeping changes to. the province's liquor laws. The public hearings, an attempt to update the outdated Liquor License Act, will be conducted by an advisory committee set up by the Ministry of Consumer Relations which Will be visiting 18 Ontario cities where Sub- missions to the 'committee .on the liquor laws Will be welcomed. At the end of the sessions, the committee should ,have a good idea of the public's opinion on a number of liquor matters including; moving the drinking age to 21 from 19; whether the majority is in favor of the 'selling of beer and wine in convenience stores - an election promise made by the Ontario Mere* and the extending of hours in licenCed establishments. What seems apparent IS the majority of Ontario residents and according to the Toronto Star, the Chairman of the advisory committee has perceived most are in favor of raising the drinking age from 19 to. 21. The feeling of the consensus seems to be right on target with the blatant connection between the drinking age and drinking and driving. It stands to reason, the incldents of drinking and driving will go down significantly if the drinking age is raised. However, there also seems to be a trend towards the liberalization of tire liquor laws with the selling of ,wine and beer in grocery stores and exvinding hours of operation for liquor outlets up for consideration. For the 'ourist industry, bar owners and the breweries, the increased avalig6.1ility of alcohol will be nothing short Of a boon for them. Grand, the liquor laws need to come Into the 1980's, but 40 what extent? k seems only natural to liberalize the liouor laws to comollment society's liberalization as a whole. But, it also seems fair to keep alcohol out of hands who now most abuse it - the youths. This should dictate a need to up the drinking age to 21. A.R. While Allan Livingstone continued his bachelor life in the old Murdoch cabin, Bridget Sutherland moved into Lucy's large house and looked forward to her Marriage with Allan. On that glorious day, Allan too would. share Lucy's accommoda- tion and the young couple would at last be together, unhindered by legal complica- ° tiens or petty gossip. Bridget's new environment was a complete change. It was no longer neces- sary for her to work at the general store now that the Jamiesons had returned from their trip to the old country. To recompense Lucy for her lodging, she did,light domestic chores, but mainly, she was employed as a companion to the young widow. Lucy was glad of the "gypsy sari's" •company. When she was not visiting Allan during the evenings, Bridget recounted her experiences with the gypsies and her, caravan journeys across Ontario. During all ' of that time she never attended school. But she was bright and highly intelligent. What a natural thirst for knowledge, she read anything and everything she could find. As compared to the other adults of Redtrees, her education might have been considered above average. ,vvvvv••4 Parades then and now Now, more than ever, I enjoy going to a parade. But, Dist weekend's Port Albert Sesquicentennial Parade a'ad the Colborne Township parade brought back a lot of good memories connected with parades. As a kid, going to a parade was like Christmas -- a very special event. It was an afternoon spent gazing at the dectrated floats and being entertained by the antics of the numerous clowns dressed in their outrageous costumes. If you were lucky, the clowns would give you a handful of candy; if you weren't, you'd get sprayed with a water pistol. Being in the parade was also a lot Of fun .while attending Brookside school. with the start of school in September, it always meant getting busy to prepare exhibits and projects for the Dungannon' Fair. At that time, the school children at both Kingsbridge and Brookside schools 'Would march in the annual parade.. On .Fair Day, we would be ' bused to Dungannon and, after depart- ing the buses, the teachers would be madly scrambling around to find the students in their classes to get them assembled for the traditional march to the fairgrounds. It was always a special day for me. Trekking to the fairground always meant waving to the neighbors . who would, sit along the parade route, . admiring and smiling at the students as " they filed past. One time in Grade 2, ALAN . • ' ".. •-- yours truly was given the honor of carrying the class banner at the front of the line, a chore only two students per class were 'awarded. Back then, that was pretty big stuff. Now, as a roving newspaper photo- grapher, going to a parade not only gives me the opportunity to take photo- graphs of something I especially love to phbtograph, but I get more candy than e,ver before. At the Port Albert parade, I even filled one of the pouches in my camera bag with candies. At. parades, I suppose, everyone on the floats and all the clowns must have an insatiable desire to toss candies to photographers. But I don't mind, I've often wondered why everyone truly does love to be at or in a parade. I guess parades re -affirm the community spirit and the vivacity of the towns and villages which laid them. They must also fill. an almost natural urge to be the centre of attention and to make people happy. But, most of all, a parade can make your pressures and the everyday realities of life fadeaway for a few hours in order 'to revel in the fantastic, the wacky and the 'wonderful. Still waiting • By Alan Rivett • In addition to her flair for learning, she acquired many of the gypsy skills basket weaving, potfery painting and needlework, As the day of her wedding became closer, she spent more and morettime assembling a meagre but tasteful trousseau. Her wedding,gown was fashioned by her own hands from °a bolt of white satin maerial brought by Kathleen Jamieson from Edinburgh, • When Sir Archie returned from his business trip, he noticed a distinct change in the social atmosphere of the community. With the disposition of the Teddy Murdoch case, it seerned as if a large cloud had left the area. He was pleased to see his partner Lucy, in a much happier frame of mind and once more showing an interest in the Sawmill. Sir Archie had searched Toronto for the very best millwright to help with the selection and installation of the new machines and equipment to refurbish the mill. He was fortunate to find such a man who had recently been employed in New Brunswick, equipping ,a large factory producing high grade lumber for the ship building industry. He was a native of Cork. Ireland, by the name of Danny Dougherty. Chippy Chisholm lot no time in making his acquaintance and offered Danny the room in his cabin which had recently been vacated by Widget, The old carpenter was delighted to share experiences (and the whisky bottle) with the newcomer'. So engrossed was Chippy in Danny's exper- tise and affability, he forgot all about an important religious aspect of the relation- ship, But this was not overlooked by his wife, Lizzie, "Ye must be oot 0' ye mind tae ask that !Irishman We stay under ye ain roof," she said angrily, "Whatever will the neigh - bows think, Me of all people - a God fearing Presbyterian, offerin' shelter tae a Catliek! Chippy had beconie more tolerant with the eatholics ever since his old Mend, Grant the blacksmith, had wedded a southern Irish lass. Ile saw little difference between the various denominations of Christian religions, "Och, dinna fah yesel," he said impatientlyif it bothers ye sae much, awa an' hae words wi' the Reverend Duncan MacLeod." He took his dirty old clay pipe out of his mouth and blew a blue smoke ring' before he continued. "Tell him ye forgot what he were talkin' about at last la 2 Sunday's sermon," he said with a crafty Smirk. 'Aye, tell 'int ye must hae been asleep when he were Whin' the story about the Good Samaritan!" Elizabeth Chisholm need not have been concerned. In general, the community was pleased to have a professional recommend the best type of mill equipment and layout for maximum efficiency., If Redtrees was to have a new sawmill, it pleased them to know it would be the best which money could buy. In any case, Danny would only be staying with them until the project was completed. A garret room in Lucy's house was utilized for Danny to draw up the plans and plant layout, At last, on the pretonce of helping, old Chippy had an excuse to escape from his wife, Lizzie, for long periods of time. She often looked towards Lucy's house where a lamp burned at the top of the building. "They canna be talkin' about lumber," she mused. "At th is dine o' night. they'll be mare interested in whisky than wood!" •