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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1979-11-14, Page 6Page 6—Lucknow Sentin 1, Wednesday, November 14, 1979 The LUCKNOW 5ENTINEL "The Sepoy Town" On the Huron -Bruce Boundary LUCKNOW, ONTARIO . • Established 1873 - Published Wednesday Business and Editorial Office Telephone 528-2822 Mailing Address P.O. Box 400, Lucknow, NO 2f10 Second class mail registration number -0847 SHARON J. DIETZ - Editor • ANTHONY N. JOHNSTONE - Advertising and General Manager PAT LIVINGSTON - Office Manager MOLE E.LLIOTT - Typesetter MARY McMURRAY - Ad Composition Subscription rate, S12 per year in advance Senior Citizens rate, SIO. per year in -advance U.S.A. and Foreign, 521.50 per year in advance Sr. Cit. U.S.A. and Foreign, 519.50 per year in advance A StGNAt PUBLICATION The' mayor of Mississauga wants firmer controls on the transportation of deadly chemicals. ` Mayor Hazel McCallion is appalled by the .lack of regulations.. Her ;cit 4.s. a ghost town today,following the evacuatign of 250,000 people when a train derailed Saturday, night. The : train carried tanks of:propane which exploded into a firey inferno. • A ruptured tank of chlorine threatened to spread degdly chlorine gas through the city. As well as the deadly chlorine, the train carried propane, butane, caustic soda, styrene and tuluol, a' ,solvent: People are wonderingwhy such a co cen- trati'on of dangerous cargo is allowed to travel through the cities and along the fields of our province: The safety director ,of the Ontario transportation ministry, Fred ' Ced- erberg, blames the federal ..government.: Proposed'' federal legislation ori limiting loadeand labelling shipments died when the May 22 election was called. Municipal politicians vivant advance notice that such- cargoes are conning and •such transports manned by. escorts. Municipalit- ies have no idea what' is• being carried trough their streets or along their railways, What ,was a low priority bill, permitted to <�tiie on the order paper when the election was called in May, is now : deadly' serious.. LOOKING BACK THROUGH TIDE SENTINEL 75 YEARS AGO The beautiful Indian summer of the past few weeks has been greatly enjoyed. 'May it long continued, Rev. Elliott, brother of Dr. A. G. Elliott of this village, will be the Conservative candidate in West Huron in the upcoming election to the Ontario Legislature. M. G. Cameron, MPP of Goderich, will be the Liberal candidate. Today, Thursday, November 17 is Thanks- . n giving Day. The yeaf has-re'lled around and once. again we have come to the season in which we are supposed to join in the thankfulness for the summer time and the. harvest. The olden time Thanksgiving with its big family gathering, its great turkeys and pumpkin pies is becoming but a tradi- tion in too many areas. Thechildreego far away from home, to the city, to a town too far away to get home for Thanksgiving, and the dinner is a very small formal affair, instead of like the historic ones. We have, however, so many things to be • thankful for. The incense of a glad heart is the best kind of a thanksgiving .song. 50 YEARS AGO T. S. Read, manager of the Bank of Montreal here sinceits establishment, has been transferred to the office at Orillia. Mr. Reid has been almost .a life long resident of • Lucknow and ' he started in bank work here When a mere lad, so it is needlessto say he and Mrs.` Reid will be very greatly missed from Lucknow. Some young folks have been amusing themselves .by writing with' chalk on the walls of buildings along • Campbell Street. Under some circumstances this may become quite a ;serious': 'offence' •and the Village Council warns those who have been indulg- ing in it, that serious consequences may follow. Better stop it. now. ' • A solemn, impressive and appropriate ceremony on Monday, in connection with the unveiling of the soldiers' memorial, was held on Armistice and Thanksgiving Day;. The cenotaph stands in the littlepark at Carnegie Why does it take an accident of this proportion to alert the peopte'whp can make the necessary regulations. J. People will not be satisfied with a public . . study. There must be - 'regulatien:s and controls... Municipal officials must be made aware of what deadly chemicals are being transported through the streets, over the rails, and down the pipelines of their cities. The legislation should have been passed long ago. The mobility of toxic and deadly chemicals throughout the province - is increasing and the dangers have been with us for some time'. Long enough; to pass legislation concerning the controloftheir transportation: ' Fortunately no one lost a life in .the Mississauga accident. Hopefully, 20-20 hindsight stress'the priority of .tranapor- iation regulations and a ftiture disaster can be 'averted. ' Hall, near the sidewalk and to the west of the main entrance to the hall, Reeve Johnston presided and the Lucknow Band and a massed choir, under the direction of Mrs. Wesley Joynt,, participated. The Anniversary at Hackett's Church last Sunday evening was well attended. Music was under the leadership of Miss Violet Twamley. Mr. MacKenzie's stirring Arm- istice message brought to the people a vision and a hope - the one thing needed for our times. • 25 YEARS AGO Isabella Henry of concession 2, Kinloss, is still active, alert and enjoying good health at the age of 90. She celebrated her 90th birthday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Congram on Sunday, November. 7. She still does all her household duties at her family home in• Kinloss and can still milk cows, which: she does occasionally, Mr. and Mrs. James • Heaton were honoured guests at a house party at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Brooks Inst week, when neighbours in their School Section gathered to bid them adieu • and present them with a lovely travelling case. They planto leave soon for a trip west which will take them as far as Vancouver, They will. spend the winter with members of their family in Western • `Canada where they themselves farmed for some 30, years. They plan to return. to Lucknow to make their home `here.. The folk ofthis community arequite interested in the progress of little Judy Agnew who, since early childhood, has been in a cumbersome cast to correct a hip defect. .Judy was three 'last June and for some 20 months has been in a ,cast.'The dau:ghter of Mr. and Mrs: Joe Agnew, the.littleaot was in. London on the, weekend 4t see. her bone specialist. She had a new cast applied that will permit her to •walk.. This : cast is a precautionary measure .to afford support to the left knee which had been operated on. It is expected that in about three months, Judy will be free ofthi"s cast. win Bill's Place Lucknow: Has New Stock Arriving Daily New Christmas Arrivals Nowi is the time to complete Our Christmas, Shopping and.avoid the last 'minute rush Bil's Pltice Variety Store Open 6 Days a Week Phone 528.2238 Lacknow