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_Townships now Leading the way
'We're reaching a point where we have to go one way or the other..'
• These were the sentinients of Arend Board chairman Jim Boyle as he
and other members of the board hashed out a solution to the 'big pro-
blem of financing a new arena in ia manner all four townships can live
with. , •
. Fortunatelythe meeting on September 29 brought some welcome
news about a new arena for Lucknow and area.
Three of the four townships, Ashfield, Kinloss and West Wawanosh
have agreed toset aside $75„000 to be used in the building,of a new
Lucknow arena.- However, Lucknow declined .to put up the $75,000
citing the proposed sewage djapotal system ifor the village as,a prefect
which will tie up Lucknowls•finances for Many yepirs, down the road.
However, the confirmed finandal sUpport. by the townships will in-
deed silence a lot of critics over the building of a new arena. Since the.
,fund-raising for the new arena began 'Olt year, a common dernonlisatOr' .•
in the lack of the success of the fund-raising has been the Municipalities
:Inability to support the project financially or even to put *heir stamp Of
approval on it as,.a viable and needed part of Lutkriow's future.
With the municipalities -Pledging their financial support,. the fund..
raising may be able to be resurrected once mare and, hopefully, meet
more support from the surrounding area.
The. members of the. Arena board are thankfully no longer praising
whether. Lucknow needs a new arersafor noti:but are asking themselves
what steps 'can be taken to finance a new one. The existing structure
seems to be deteriorating almost on..a daily basis, .with the leaky roof
making .indoor social events :almost impossible to hold. Also, Bill
Hunter, the recreation director for the Village, Says the furnace in the .
building hp* also outlived its usefulness as well as the lobby floor which
• is also due to be replaced. The last engineering report of the existing
arena points that, althought it's still structurally sound, its life expec-
tancy continues to 'be a moot point. • '
The time to act it now. With a unified effort of service dubs,
municipal governments, and area citizens, the money. can be raised.
With the local governments now taking a leadership role, the Lucknow
, and District Arena Complex project Will now at lea** 'have a chance to
besuccessful. AR.
Well miss the Emerson's
As some of our readers may have, notic4
ed, the Sentinel has lost one of our best
rural correspondents in Valetta Emerson
who capably kept everyone informed of
the weekly happenings in Whiteehurch.
As you've read in this week's Sentinel,
Mrs. Emerson and her husband Victor
have moved to the Bray Lodge nursing
home in Wingham after many years ofliw
ing in Whitechurch.
If there was ever a 'definition about
community -minded citizens, the Emer-
sons would fit that description to a tee. For
many years, Mrs. Emerson has been serv-
ing the community with her reports of the
Women's Institute, church and, the social
news.
Although my association with the Emer-
son's was unfortunately short, i must say
their conununity-Mindedness didn't stop
with writing the news for the local papers,
but their home was always open to their
many friends in the village.
I noticed this as whenever I" came to pick
up the news on Monday afternoon there
were not many times when the Emerson's
didn't have dinner guests at their home. It
was also not uncommon to see a number of
visitors at the Emersoies listed in the
Whitechurch column every week.
We're ,going to miss not having Mrs.
Emerson's •column in the paper and we
wish them health and happiness in their
new home in Wingham.
However, anyone from the Whitechurch
area with news items to submit to the.
paper, feel free to brine' them to the Sen.
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tinel office or call the office at 28-2822.
Better still, if anyone would like to fill the
position of Whitechurch correspondent,
we'd be very interested in hearing from
you.
Birthday Club
If you've got a child 12 -years -old and
under with an upcoming birthday, we'd
like to hear about it and we'd like to let
everyone else know about it, too. In the
week's ahead, the Sentinel would like to
establish a "Birthday Club" column. We'll '
publish the name and birth date of your
child in a special area of the paper.
However, due to space, we don't have
room' for a photograph.
So, drop off the name and birth date of
your child at the office or call the Sentinel
at 528-2822.
We've got pictures
During the course of a year, many pic-
tures are dropped off at the Sentinel for
graduation and wedding annoucements.
As we print them, we file them so they can
be picked up at a later date. However, a,
number of pictures are still on file. So, if
you remember giving us a picture to use,
please come and pick them up.
Ripley Fair entertainment
•
70 years ago
October 12,1916
Bruce Boys are Thankful for Kindnesses
Received -To the citizens of Lucknow: A
few lines on behalf of the Lucknow Detach-
ment to thank you for the kindnesses and
good wishes that were bestowed on us
when we were leaving the village on Tues-
day. You may be sure we always did enjoy
ourselves whenever we were back for a
visit, and we were always used "white".
We wish to thank the ladies of Lucknow for
the socks with which' they so kindly
presented us. A good stock of socks is a
good thing to have, as when a soldier has a
great deal of marching to do he needs lots
of socks, and it is said that a man in tren-
ches will wash his feet before he will his
face, as when a man's feet plays out he is
of little use there. We all appreciate the
way the people felt on out departure, as it
was evident they felt the situation just the
same as we did ourselves. But we claim it
to bean honor to be able to go, and defend
our homes and people, and above all for
Liberty's sake, as we honestly believe we
are fighting on the right side. Once again
we wish to thank the citizens of Lucknow
for everything that they have done for us.
• For some of the boys on behalf of the re-
mainder, We remain, Yours Truly, Sons of
Bruce.
50 years ago
October 8,1936
"The Ashfield Giant" Home on Flying
Visit -Roderitk Bain MacKenzie "the
Ashfield Giant", so termed because he
stands seven feet, four inches in his stock-
ing feet, paid a flying visit to the scenes of
his youth, and ' visited with his aged
brother, Mr. Donald "Rice" MacKenzie of
Lochalsh and his sister Mary Ann, Mrs.
James Scott of Bervie as well as his sister-
in-law, Mrs. Donald Neil MacKenzie of
Goderich.
Roderich MacKenzie, the man who was
pipe major of the famous Belleville Kilty
Band that early in the century, by coin..
mand, played before King Edward in his
Bahnoral Castle in Scotland, is now 69
years of age but still a perfect specimen of
physical manhood.
lie weighs 368 pounds, forty-one pounds
less than than his record .weight of 427
pounds, but feels the better for it. He came
direct from the Texas Centennial, San An-
tonio where he headed a gymnastic and
physical culture troop.
25 years ago
October 11, 1981
Dungannon Pair Features Baby Show ...
- Despite cool weather, a crowd estimated
at about 2,000 attended the Dungannon
Fall Pair last Wednesday. Harness races,
a baby show and a large 4-11 show were
part of the competitions. .
The fair commenced with a parade of
school children from "Dawson's Corner"
to the park. The schools paraded onto the
track and did their song and yell. Ten
schools paraded, four rooms from Zion
• Central School, in Colborne Township, two
rooms from Dungannon, No. 9 Ashfield,
Belfast, No. 17 West Wawanosh and Port
Albert. Elston Cardiff, MP of Brussels,
opened the fair.
• A large entry in two classes in the baby
contest created much interest. tip to six
months, winning babies and their mothers
were, Linda Joyce, Mrs. Ross Sparks,
• Goderich; Betty Elaine, Mrs. George Err-
ington, RR 2 Auburn; Larry Wayne, Mrs.
Joe Essex, Goderich; Cheryl Ann, Mrs.
Gerald Crawford, Goderich.
Six months to one year, Earl Lawrence,
• Mrs. George Ribey, Dungannon; Wayne,
Mrs, John Park, Dungannon; Janice, Mrs.
Clarence Allen, Dungannon; Larry , Mrs.
Chas. Johnston, Port Albert.
• 10 years ago
Wilier 13,1976
Pinecrest Is Location of Health Care
Aide Course -Forty-Two area people are
enrolled in a health Care Aide course at
Pinecrest Manor Nursing Home which will
extend for a period in excess of a year.
It will be held on a weekly basis, and is
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coordinated by Fanshawe College of Lon-
don with arrangements made by the
management of Pinecrest Manor of
Lucknow.
The program is designed to better equip
Nurses Aides to meet the various needs of
nursing home work.
Goose Eggs are Sign of Spring Clayton
Alton of Ashfield reports that he is reciev-
ing goose eggs at the rate of one every two
days from the prolific goose that appears
to have her seasons mixed. the total was
seven eggs when we talked to Clayton
Saturday.
Not being much of an authority on geese
and their habits, we 'are at a loss in forma
ing an opinion, but Clayton tells us that
geese always lay eggs in the spring and
that this is the first he has known of any
fall eggs.
With the Farmer's Almanac predicting a
mild winter, could it be that the goose is
right on schedule and that spring has ac-
tually arrived? „
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