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The Lucknow Sentinel, 1979-08-08, Page 6Page 6—Luclmow Sentinel, Wednesday, August 8, 1979 The LUCKNOW SENTINEL OiiTARIO Letter to the editor Discrimination., vandalism or uncouth manners "The Sepoy Town On the Huron -Bruce Boundary Established 1873 Published Wednesday Business and Editorial Office Telephone 528-2822. Mailing Address P.O. Box 400, Lucknow, NOG 2H0 Second class mail registration number - 0847 ' CNA MEMBER MEMBER O 0 A SIGNAL, I PUBLICATION! SHARON J. DIETZ Editor. ANTHONY N. JOHNSTONE - Advertising and _General Manager PAT LIVINGSTON - Office Manager MERLE ELLIOTT Typesetter MARY McMURRAY - Ad Composition 1 Subscription rate, $11 per year in advance Senior Citizens rate, $9 per year in advance U.S.A. and Foreign, $21.50 per year in advance Sr. Cit., U.S.A. and Foreign $19.50 per year in advance • To the Editor, "Move to. friendly Luck - now," the disc jockey adver- tises on the air, "where you'll find peace of mind, responsible people and courteous businessmen." One must agree the adver- tisement is almost true to the letter. Personally, I have driven ,through Lucknow since 1967 and found it a place of my liking. One can say that I have known Luck - now longer than a few bois- terous teenagers born in it. Passing through . for so many years, I became acquainted with beautiful Scott names, Dutch names and other stocks whose roots and origins always aroused my interest. Travelling long distances being a burden physically and financially, I settled, alone, for a while, on R. R. 3 Lucknow, then I related a bigger place in Amberley to enable the family to stay there through some summer days. In both places I never had the obli- gation to pick up discarded beer bottles thrown onto the front lawn. For obvious reasons, I dropped the place in Amber - ley and the one in Kitchener in order to purchase property in Lucknow. Maybe my name is equivalent to dirt to some bumpkins. To my dismay, I often find broken glass under my car which I leave trust- ingly in front of the house. Perpetrators of such an act are definitely ensnaring themselves under the Dis- crimination Act for once' and under the application of the law concerning mischief or vandalism, Media condition our senses Bill Stewart is dead! The 37 year old ABC News correspondent was sense- lessly slain -- shot in the head as he lay face clown on the ground -- by a Nicaraguan National . Guardsman. The newsman held a presidential press card in his .hand.. The extermination of : a . human life should have more impact than a Starsky & Hutch `hit'. But, this time, reality. seemed more remote than the happen- ings of TV -land. There was no music to provide clues to the magnitude of the event; there were no quick cuts from one actor to the other to heighten the drama; there was no tight framing of tense faces to cue the moment of death. Media -conditioned senses found the scene, filmed at long-range, hard to. comprehend; generations,, suckled on 'the tube' and whose perception of reality is tinted blue''=electric, found the killing hard to apprdciate. The unconscious longing was for the close-up, , the instant replay. The feeling persisted that even though Bill: Stewart had died on this newscast,. he would return on the next. Feelings change long afterthe minds knows better. The stark casualness. of Stewart's death burned the brutality and studidity of the act into the mind. To a society accustom- ed to sanitizing sickness and pushing death out of sight, outof mind, the death of Bill Stewart is a reminder that death, sickness and injury often come without warning, invitation or announcement. To a people accustomed to viewing the world's wars, proverty and brutality in the comfort of a living -room, it is a ghastly hint of mental and spiritual numbness. Tragedies are witnessed with impunity, with an almost smug expect- ation; that life will continue undisturbed, secure behind a force -field of affluence. The world is not as peaceful as Sesame Street. Injustice and violence, the norm ' for the majority of the world, threatens to become intimate. If the tranquilizing spell of the sit-coms can be broken, the meaning of what flashes on the newscast may be seen. I am not the crabby type. Just getting a bit annoyed of petty mischief aimed at what they call swamp -singers. For the record ,, I am a Buffalo. Maybe, I say maybe, be- cause any manifestiation of habits or folk;lorism has to be studied with care, maybe the ones throwing glass under my car are the off- spring of the couples who used ' to discard their 40 ounce bottle into the back- yard of the former owner of the place I bought. You see, I live next door to the Town Hall. They told me that they used to have dances at the Town Hall many years ago. I found 21 bottles in the back- yard. Some with the price on: $3.40; now beautiful an- tiques adorning my den. I also found a brooch and a pair of beautiful garters. But this is another. story... Yours truly, Joe Legrand, Box 563, Lucknow, Got something to say? let everyone know WRITE A I. LETTER TO THE EDITOR LOOKING BACK THOUGH -THE SENTINEL 75 YEARS. AGO The criminal charge against William Wall of Ashfield in wilfully and malicious- ly upsetting aliciouslyupsetting a carriage in which Timothy McCarthy, his mother and sister; also of Ashfield, " were driving, was heard by Judge Doyle on Thursday last. For the prosecution over idozen witnesses gave evidence, but the defendant himself, was the only witness for the, defence. Mr. McCarthy and Mr. Wall were. \both driving on the 7th concession of Ashfield on the day of the alleged assault,. July 10, when the left front ..wheel of the Wall buggy caught in the right hind wheel of the other rig as. Mr. Wall drove up from behind. The McCarthy rig was over- turned and one of the occupants sustained bodily harm. The Judge while allowing there was evidence which tend- ed to show malicious intent, held that • such evidence was not strong enough :to prove the guilt of the 4efendent and he therefore, acquitted him, giving him the benefit of the doubt; An amendment was made in the Municipal Act at the last session of .the Legislature which will prevent consider- able trouble. Candidates for the offices of mayor, reeve, controller, councilman and water commissioner. in cities, towns, and incorporated villages are required to file. with the clerk a.declaration of.,ilualifica- tion by noon on the day of nomination. This change in the law will do away with the indiscriminate nomination meeting. An Irish man who wrote love letters in Gaelic has had to pay 51,000 for breach of promise. He ought not to have written in Gaelic. Rev. Dr. McDonald, formerly of Ashfield, is authority for the statement that `You .can say a thing in. English and back out of it, but if you say a thing in Gaelic it commits you.' S0 YEARS AGO A couple of men who appear to have kept their names fairly close secret, had a thrilling adventure on Bowie's . Hill, two miles south of Lucknow last Saturday night just as darkness was coming. on. They were driving a Studebaker and in coming down the hill vl1ere following closely uponanother car. - The driver thought the car ahead was . about to stop and applied the brakes. This caused the car to stop suddenly close to the right side of the road but the momentum caused the rear end to swing around. The front wheels went over the brink and the machine now heading south instead of north, toppled over the bank at a point where it is about eight feet high. It slid'to the bottom where it rested almost upside down. The two occupants were able to get out through the door on the upper side and were surprised to .find they had suffered only slight injuries. 1: Chin: In Lucknow on July 28, 1929, to Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Chin, a son. Mr. and Mrs. Chin are the Chinese couple in charge of the local Star Cafe and the little 'stranger has the distinction of being the first and only Chinese born in Lucknow. This is the seventh son born to Mr. and Mrs. Chin. The three oldest boys are with their grandfather in China and the others live with their parents here, Rev. Kenneth Beaton who will be remembered as having taught school at Whitechurch before studying for the ministry, has been appointed Canadian Secretary of the Student Volunteer Movement. He is succeeding Rev. Cap- tain A. J. Brace who will go to China to resume the position of Secretary of the YMCA at Chengtio, capital of West China. Mr. Brace was in China before and occupied the position to which he is now returning, for 14 years. Mr. Beaton has also been in West China for a number of years returning to Canada following the disorders in China a few years ago, when many Christian missionaries were driven from the country. ' 25 YEARS'AGO The body of 17 -year-old Verne Bowes who was drowned at Point Clark late Sunday afternoon; was recovered about 10.30 a.m. Tuesday. Dragging operations as conditions peri fitted and a constant beach patrol had been kept from ' the. time of the fatality which was Point Clark's first drowning in more than 40__„ years that this has been a popular resort centre. The body was recoveredabout midway between The Point and Pine River: In losing his life, Verne, a non -swimmer was credited with valiantly aiding his friend, Donna Alexander, to comparative safety. He pushed her to shallower water when she got - into difficultry in rough shoulder -deep water on the rocky point. She was near ex- haustion when brought to shore by folk who were on the beach. Verne .was the eldest of three children of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Bowes, Ethel district farmers. The youth's grandfather, Jack Wilson, owns the former Spencecottage at Point Clark. The "bread war" which has flourished in Lucknow for several months received new impetus this past week when ..sliced bread was offered at two loaves for'25 cents. At the same time the single loaf price dropped to a new low of 13 cents. The consumer at least, is enjoying the bargain festival. A caller in town this week was Charles A. Barber of Chilliwack, B.C. who set type - by,hand that is - for the .Sentinel over 50 years ago. Accompanied by his wife, hevisited with his aunt, Mrs. William McNall, formerly Ellen Hackett and a sister of his mother, Margaret Hackett. His father, Charles Barber one time farmed on the Gravel Road just south of the Nine Mile River on the farm now owned: by George Alton. He learned the printing in the Advance Office in Wingham in 1896 and from 1900 to 1903 was employed on The Sentinel under the editorship of, James.B.yran. He commuted daily for a time ' on a bicycle„ between Lucknow and Wingham. It kept him in shape for booting a football and playing lacrosse. From Lucknow he went to Winnipeg and in 1911 he bought a paper at Pilot Mound, and eventually entered the publishing business in Chilliwack, B.C. where his son now follows in his footsteps. Charlie takes it easy now spending the winters in Honolulu where he has found . the climate helpful to a rheumatic condition, that had him using a cane a few years sago. He will be honoured with a life membership at the annual meeting of the Canadian Weekly Newspaper Association In Toronto later this rnth.