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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
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SHARON J. DIETZ - Editor
ANTHONY N. JOHNSTONE - Advertising and
General Manager
PAT LIVINGSTON - Office Manager
MERLE ELLIOTT - Typesetter
MARY McMURRAY - Ad Composition
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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.