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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1979-11-28, Page 6Page 6.-Lucknow Sentinel, Wednesday, November 28, 1979 The LUCKNOW SENTINEL LUCKNOW, ONTARIO "The Sepoy Town" Established 1873 On the Huron -Bruce Boundary Published Wednesday Business and Editorial Office Telephone 528-2822 Mailing Address P.O. Box 400, Lucknow, NOG 2H0 Second class trail registrationnumber -0847 A SIGNAL PURICA1ION SHARON J. DIETZ - Editor ANTHONY N. JOHNSTONE - Advertising and General Manager PAT LIVINGSTON - Office Manager MERLE ELLIOTT - Typesetter MARY McMURRAY - Ad Composition Subscription rate, $12 per year in advance Senior Citizens rate, $10 per year in advance U.S.A. and Foreign, $21.5Q per year in advance Sr. Cit. U.S.A. and Foreign, S19.50 per year in advance solid contribution The Trudeau decade ended when Pierre. Elliott Trudcau stepped down as leader of the Liberal party last week. He left expectations unfulfilled and accomplish- ments undone, but he is assured a prominent ` place in the history of our country, for the contribution he made to national unity and bilingual federalism. The Parti Quebecois cane to power in Quebec -without a mandate for succession, mainly due to conditions created by Trudeau's efforts. French Canadians have a more significant role in the governing of Canada through appointments to cabinet and an increase.. in the number of French speaking Canadians in the upper levels of the civil service. Thrdugh the Official Language Act, French Canadians can deal with their federal gaver-anent and court "—System on the same basis as other Canadians in their own language. Trudeau's regional development policies could not eliminate regional disparity but the policies prevented the disparities from becoming worse and raised individual living standards. He was a respected _kit ledgeable representative of Canadian interests in world affairs. He established diplomatic relations with Cliina and closer ties with Latin America and the countries of the Pacific Rim. The Liberal government under his leadership asserted Canadian sovereignty over the Arctic, secured fishing rights in. the Gulf of St. Lawrence, extended the offshore territorial limit and proclaimed an offshore economic and fisheries manage- ment zone. He believed in equality of opportunity and this was reflected in his innovative appointments: Canada's first Jewish chief justice of the Supreme Court, they first Governor-General of neither English nor French heritage, the first woman .,Iieuten- ant-governor of a province, the first native Indian lieutenant -governor and. the first native Indian in a federal cabinet. . He defined the prime ministry in his own image - the rose in his lapel, his aristocratic self-assurance. physical non-chalance and mental sharpness. He had his. shortcomings. He never really got a grip on the basic economic problems of the country and never found. solutions. He wasted two majority man- dates by political carelessness and . by spending more time pondering than acting. He advocated necessary social reforms but ever impl'eninted them. There were ;Hies when he lurched:' "Why should 1 sell ,ur wheat?" "Where's Biafra?". But Canadians .will remember Trudeau for the contribution he made to his country. to a time when, many countries are discarding leaders as quickly as yester- day's newspaper. Pierre Elliott' Trudeau captured the political spotlight for a dozen years in Canada. His .Sharp :intellect. charismatic style and his understanding and respect for people will be missed. His departure has created a void which will be felt throughout'. the country. Report from Queen's Park LOOKING BACK THROUGH TIDE SENTINEL 75 YEARS AGO Sinclair Mallough had his left hand badly crushed in the breaking machine at Lees and Douglas Cardin Mills in this village on Monday last. Parliament is called to meet on Wed- nesday, January 11. It will be welcome news to the members elect. For years the Commoners have been protesting against summer session, because Parliament was not called until late in February or late in -March. In County . Council Division No. 7, including. the townships of Huron. and Kinloss and the village of Lucknow, the.old Councillors, James Lyons of this village and Warden McCharles of Huron, are both in the field for re-election. The name of Frank Henry, 'reeve of Kinloss, is also mentioned as a candidate. W. Welsh was requested to examine the grave of an Indian found. by James Beatty and George Chambers, recently near Pine River. Although every care was taken in removing the sand, nothing was found but the bones, excepting the arrow head which had penetrated the pelvis making a hole in it, theexact size of the arrow head, and sticking in firmly when found. There is every reason to think the individual was killed in battle or murdered. The latter is the mote probable, according to Mr. Walsh. He was surprised that no stone or bone fastenings for the clothes were found, nor boots, moccasins or hair and Walsh is -- inclined to believe the clothes', were removed before burying. The body had been crowded into a small hole, the knees touching the chin and the face being more down than sideways. How long it has lain there, Walsh can only surmise. The land there was covered with forest of beech and maple previous to the fall of 1853 and there is no likelihood of any tragedy occuring since then. All the Indians before this time were well supplied with fire -arms, and deer were killed by other means than with the bow and arrow. Walsh is satisfied the body has lain there upwards of 100 years. 50 YEARS AGO In the case of June Wilson, which for some weeks has been of some interest in Lucknow, had its conclusion in County, Police. Court at Walkerton last week. Accused of the theft of a watch and certain articles of clothing from the Cain House of Lucknow, she appeared in court to answer the charges. A member of a respectable family, for some reason shelett her hustband and child in Toronto and engaged with the proprietor of the Lucknow hotel as a waitress or maid. It was while there that she fell to temptation. The judge reminded her of her duty to her husband and child and she promised to retrieve herself. As the stolen articles had been restored, the decision of the court was to allow her to go on suspended sentence of six months, upon payment of costsin the case amounting to $55 and on the further condition, that she return to her home in Toronto and conduct. herself in a manner befitting a wife and mother. In a list of young lawyers recently called to the Bar at Osgoode Hall, we notice the name of Robert Andrew of Lucknow. A graduate of law school a year ago, he has been associated with the Bell Telephone Company and will presently be transferred to Hamilton, where he will have charge of the legal work of the Bell Telephone Company, at that point. 25 YEARS AGO West Wawan.osb, Ashfield and Kinloss councils were acclaimed after nominations on Friday resulted in bare slates in each township. Returned in 'West Wawanosh are Reeve John Durnin and Councillors Harvey Culbert, Lorne Durnin, Eldon Miller and Orval McPhee. In Ashfield, Reeve Cecil Blake was returned as were Councillors John Bradley, Tom Howard, Donald MacKenzie and Andrew Ritchie. Kinloss Council was returned, including Reeve David Carruthers and Councillors Harold Percy, Dan McKinnon, P. A. Murray and Farish Moffat. Following the trend of Banks in larger centres, the local branch of the Bank of Montreal has'beenadvised to adopt a five day week and the bank will be closed all day on Saturdays, commencing January 8. For the convenience of customers, the bank will. beopen extra hours each Friday .afternoon between 4.30 and 6.00 p.m. beginning January 7. Following the trend of Banks in larger centres, the local branch of the Bank of Montreal has been advised to adopt a five day weekand the bank will be closed all day on Saturdays, commencing January 8. For the convenience of customers, the bank will be open extra hours each Friday afternoon between 4.30 and 6.00 p.m, beginning January 7. • Letter to the editor Not a waste disposai site To the Editor: I. would liketo reply to the letter received by Lucknow Council from George Newbold. The property being used by Jim- Lyons belongs to me. It is not being used for waste disposal. It is being used to place scrap metalon, which scrap' metal :.is sold each spring and the property cleaned up then. The scrap metal is at least 400 feet from the property of Newbold and carr hardly be noticed from his property. The scrap metal is not causing harm to anyone and the lot being used is on a street which is not being maintained by the Village of Lucknow. Conversions to natural gas increasing BY MURRAY GAUNT The Minister of Energy has announced thaymany homeowners wishing to convert from heating oil to natural gas may have to wait until next spring or stammer, due to an overwhelming demand tor conversions. By the end of September this year, the three major natural gas utilities had converted 19,650 homes to natural gas, compared to 8,600 last year. The change from heating based on uncertain oil supplies to more plentiful and cheaper natural gas has left manufacturers of furnace conversion kits unable to meet the dematid, The Legislature Committee on . Hydro Affairs is recommending that no "•more cottst'ruction eontracts be awarded for the Darlington nuclear site until Hydro pres- ents the Legislature with a new construc- tion program based on drastically lowered projections for electricity demand. The Committee's draft report says the Govern- ment should plan for a hydro- load growth of two to three per cent annually rather than the average of five per cent to 1985 and four per thereafter forecast by Ontario Hydro last spring. The Minister of Health has stated that he'll use public money to respond to people identifiable on the 274,852 -name petitions presented by the NDP which denounce the Province's health-care system. It will cost about $40,000 to send letters to these people, but the Minister stated it wouldn't come from government funds for the operation of hospitals or the Ontario health Insurance Plan, but from his 1Vlinistry's administrative budget. The Minister said, "I am going to tell them the fact that since 1972 the per capita spending on health- care has gone up from $20S to $500, and even when one allows for inflation that's a big increase...I think it is in the interests of public information and the democratic system that the people have the informa- tion." The Ministry budget of $4.25 billion equals the entire provincial budget when Mr. Davis became premier in 1971. About fifty per cent of the manufacttirers who answered a survey by the Ontario Labour Ministry are having trouble filling jobs in skilled trades. The positions which eihployees are trying to fill are for Machine operators, Machinists, tool., die and mold 'makers; engineers, welders and electric- ians. Employers said many applicants Wm. (Bill) Lyons. lacked skills and on-the-job experience. The Labour Minister said he would use the information . to address the problems through manpower policies. The Government has introduced legisla- tion that would ban discrimination against the disabled. The proposed new act has two main purposes, Labour Minister Robert Elgie told the Legislature: — To make it illegal to refuse to hire the handicapped, or to fire them or deny them public' accommodation or services because of the handicap. This includes the physic- ally disabled, epileptics, the mentally retarded and those who "formerly .had a mental disorder". TO set up an office for the handicapped to provide information about programs and benefits.