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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1986-10-22, Page 4Page 4—Lucknow Sentinel, Wednesday,October 22, 1986 P.O. Boxy 400, Lucknow NOG 2Hi➢ Established.1873 528-2 Vi RIf I[ O CIFICULATION PAW Thomas Thompson -Advertising. Manager Subscription rates in advance; Alan Rivett -Editor • $17.°°.Outside Canada $60.00 . Pat Livingston -General Manager s14 0o Outside Canada $58.00 Senior Citizen Second class 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 signature, will not be charged , for, but the balance of the advertisement will be paid at the applicable rates. - is Fall hunting involves safety Planning a hunting trip this fall? If so, the, Ontario Provincial Police remind you, that no hunting trip is a success if it isn't first a safe hunt. Here's the OPP's 12=point checklist. 1. Treat every gun as if it was loaded. 2. Never shoot at a sound. See. your target clearly first. 3. Never pint a gun at anything you don't intend to kill. • 4. Exercise muzzle control of the firearm by knowing where the gun is pointed at all times. 5. Unload all guns when you return to camp. 6. Never fire a gun which has. a plugged barrel. 7. Never carry a loaded gun in a vehicle. - 8. Never bring a loaded gut indoors. 9. Unload the firearm before climbing, fences, jumping ditches or, walk- ing through dense bush. .10. Never fire at rocks or water as a ricochet bullet can go anywhere. 11. Wear highly visible clothing and not camouflage outfits. 12. Drinking and hunting don't mix. .A hangover is a deadly, form of . impairment. Hunting can be a safe, sport if you recognize and avoid. the"potential . dangers, Hunters, in pursuit of game, can become.lost in a bush. Carry a compass, and know how to , use it. ,The OPP recommend that if a bunter discovers he is lost he should "hug a tree" and Wait for sear- chers to find him. Before leaving on a hunting trip tell someone where you are• going • -then go there. Numerous searches have been carried out for lost and overdue hunters who said they were going one place but went another. Hunters who boat to their hunting area have the double responsibility of remembering the rules of boating. An overloaded boat islikely to capsize throwing its heavily -dressed occupants into freezing water. A lifejacket that is worn is a real life-saver in this situation:. , All hunters should carry a basic first-aid kit and know the fundamen- tals of'first-aid. To all hockey parents - this column's for `pile going by the Lucknow arena Oast Sunday, I couldn't help but notice the proliferation of cars parked out in front. I guess that leads a person to con- elude only one thing - hockey's back in town. With the first week of practises being held, there must be that air of excite- ment with the start of a new season. It. must be doubly exciting for the little fellows who are getting their first taste of what hockey's all about. Granted, like any youngster learning the game, they'll do their share of tripp- ing and falling over their- share of blue "lines - they might even score on their own goalie a few times. But the only thing for them to do is get up and get skating again. Even Wayne Gretzky, when he was just learning to skate in his hometown of Brantford, must have tripped over a few blue lines too. So just keep trying, guys. And, along with the kids gearing up for the season, it also means the parents of the budding Wayne Gretzkys will get their first initiation of what it's like to be the people behind the players - the hockey moms and dads, if you will. And sometimes it ain't pretty. Don't worry, before long you will become accustomed to tying skates for little Johnny and for every other hockey player in the dressing room.. ' You'll get used to rushing home from work, gobbling down some dinner and you ALAN rounding up little Johnny and the other players in the neighbourhood to hustle them off to the game. You'll also get us- ed to the endless driving on never- ending icy roads to yet another hockey rink. There,after tying your quota of skates, it's off to the wilds of the rink itself where, if you're not completely acclimatized to the coldness of the arena, you'll be permanently tattooed to the freezing bleacher seats after the game has finally concluded. If you ask me, the parents are the un- sung heros of hockey - putting up with the non-stop commitments hockey makes on their leisure time in order to be.a devoted hockey parent. For the first-time parents who've signed their sons up for their first year of hockey, congratulations. In all hones- ty, the above statements are all true - any hardened hockey parent can tell you that (including my folks). But, if your son truly enjoys the game and wants to excel at it - it makes evervthinc worthwhile. Axn,, *ts.*.vfitl'Ko crxx`.a':P`.s"ac:x..' sY.'.i",,e. r a?'.'.cti' %k"'hl . ' ' P.%: g.rNI?.;7�r+.,5?' J' , ''rY MM?� The students at the Lucknow and District Christian School released .helium -filled balloons to mark the start of their read-a-thon for the Christian `Blind Mission. The project is called From Sea to See and the children willgather pledges for the number of pages they read in their "reading journey across Canada". All money raised will be turned over to the Chris- tian.Blind Mission for their work in developing nations. (Alan Rivett photo) 70 years ago October 26,1916 After Long Years - Imagine, if you can, the surprise and delight of Mrs. McQuaig, of town, when, one day last week, she open- ed a letter and found that it was from a long lost son, Duncan, who had not written to the home folk, and of whom they had heard nothing for fifteen years.. The letter can from Salisbury Plains where this absent-minded son is now training with an Australian Battalion, having enlisted in the Island Continent some months ago. The letter gives an account of Pte. Mc Quaig's wanderings since he disappeared from from the knowledge of his friends. He appears to have given up. writing 15 years ago on going to Alaska. After spen- ding a short time there he went south to Mexico, fom there to South America, then north to Central. America. He then visited some of the South Sea Islands, from there went to -some part of Asia (the particular part is not given) and from there he went to Australia where he enlisted and sailed for England. Naturally, the brothers and sisters long ago concluded that Duncan was dead and they should never again hear from hien or of him, but the mother never gave up hope and expectation that the wanderer would yet write home and come home; and now the long deferred hope has been realized. 50 years ago October 22, 1936 Who's Afraid of the Little Bad Skunk For once that little black and white animal known as the skunk, held no fear for Luckriow shoppers the end of the week. In fact it was considered "cute" by many who watched it ambling around in one of MacDonald Bros. show windows. Here's the reason in case you didn't know - the lit- tle fellow was "deodorized". First itwas pigs, then an owl and finally a skunk to climax a menagerie exhibition that there shoernen used to good advan- tage to advertise their store. Congregation marked 50th Anniversary - The anniversary services held in the lcinlough Presbyterian Church, on Sun- day, . October 11th, marked the 50th an- niversary of the present .building erected in 1886, and the 73rd of the old frame church which was erected in 1863,. The minister at the time was the Rev. A.G. Forbes. In 1864, Mr. Jas. Waddell and Mr, William Malcolm were chosen the first elders of the congregation, followd 111 1870 by Mr. William Scott, and Mr. Alexander Scott and in later years by John Lane,. Peter Fisher, Thomas Malcolm, WEB. .Scott, J.R. Lane and Ben Scott. 25 years ago October 25,1961 Reopening of Renovated Church - An- niversary services on Sunday at the Lucknow United Church were timely, as they marked the reopening of the edecorated sanctuary. The major renova- tion program which has been underway for the past few weeks is now all but com- pleted. The om-pleted..The lobby entrances and stair tiling work remain to be done. Interior decorating included applying tentest to the ceiling which has been painted and a border design added. The en- tire auditorium has beenbrightened by harmonizing pastel shades. , 10 years ago October 27,1976 School bus mishap - First snowfalls always produce above average driving hazzards, and Tuesday norning of this week, with a heavy snowfall, between 8 and 9 a.m. was no exception. The driver and two students o a Huron County school bus miraculously escaped serious 'injury about 8:10 a.m. Tuesday. Mrs. Brenda Naylor of St. Helens was the driver of the 72 passenger. Huron County Board of Education bus, making pick-ups enroute of Brookside School. SENTINEL She had picked up Michelle Morton in Lucknow and Collette Kenyon west of Lucknow, and was procedding west on Highway 86. Ross Henderson was waiting in his carat his gate with his two children. The bus went out of control on the slippery pavement opposite the Henderson laneway about 1% miles west of Lucknow. Governor's Award for Progress Grant Chisholm of Lucknow, who ended his one year term in July as District Governor A-9, LionsInternational, has received a "100 per cent Governor's Award" from Lions International,Iwith offices at Oakbrook, Illinois. The award is issued for the ac- complishments made throughout the district during Grant's term in office. He received a scroll and diamond studded Lions pin.