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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1984-07-18, Page 6• Laeknow Sentinel,, Wednesday, July, 18, 1984. Page 6. • "The Sem Town" The Lucknow Sentinel, Telephone: 528-2822 .O Box 400 Lute; 4tnblshed 1873 row NOG:2H0 A concerned Lucknow f esident called The Sentinel this ' week to ask -the editor to print a reminder to motorists that children out of school forthe suiinmer often forget their traffic safety rules. He saw several; local children on ' bicycles speed down • the Wheeler Street : hill. across the intersection at Inglis. Street, without stopping to look carefully' for 'oncoming traffic The -caller wondered where the children's parents were but as diligent as parents can be about teaching safety rules,.they cannot be with their children all the time to .supervise, their decisions. ' The most common mistake adults make where children "axe concerned is that they assume once a child istaught something, ,he never forgets. Children are no different than adults, Many ,adults.are,: aware of 'safety -rules, but that doesn't mean they always obey 'the#n;; This is especially true of; children who feel a false -Oise of security and will take a. chance that an accident can't happen to them, are too preoccupied with the fun they ale having to temember the rules •or,'are in top big a hurry to ' remember, the rules, , It is the responsibility of motorists to drive defensively. To watch for childen during the summer when school is out It is also the responsibility- of adults to ,remind their children of the safety rules and to continue to remind them to be careful so .this -summer` will be . safe and happy for. everyone. I Talk campaign issues . The. first .week of the, federal election campaign has passed by without one policystatement by any of the. ' candidates for.`- prime ;. minister. The campaignhas established where each of the leaders of the Tories .and Grits will run for election but very .little of substance has been said 'about the issues. _ • Canada is facing critical issues at this time. Indeed, this is. tie reason Prime Minister John Turner felt it imperative to postpone Queen Elizabeth's visit to call an election.. There is precious little time between now and the election to spell out programs and propose . initiatives which will. :effectively show how each of theparties and their leaders 'will deal with. the problemsour country faces. Canadians want- change. They'.want a government with responsibility which will take control of the situation and provide sound : economic . management. They ' want a campaign which shows. the: . direction a party will take if they form the :new government. „ This campaign is not short on issues: unemployment; the prime interest rate, economic growth, the deficit, technological change. So far however, the campaign has been . long on hot' air as the political 'leaders exchange verbal insults and continue their . political posturing. - It's dine for straight talk about the issues and, how a new government will set forth .programs, o cope effectively with our economic problems. Let's talk issues in this campaign. Thomas Thompson - Advertisin$Manager Sharon Dietz - Editor Pat Livingston OffioerManager 'Joan Helm - Compositor Merle Elliott . Typesettek Subscription rates; in advance: $ Outside !,4 ou T6. Canada , Senzs '"I0.54; 0OutsidorCitisen Canada. ' - '43 00 Second class mailing reg., no. 0847 , Advertising is accepted on the condition that intheevent of a typographical error, the. portion of the advertising space occupied by the erroneous .item together with a reasonaiile allowance for signature, will not be charged for, but the balance of the advertisement will .be paid at the applicable rates. BLUE RIBBON AWARD 1984 V4, "ne.VIMMO'iln4ActtAttO Lucknow Swimming Pool Staff' this - summer includes in the uM, piper left photo, clockwise. from the' top, Diane. Miltenburg, arilynn • Maclntyre, i Wilma Nandervelde and Helen' Macln tyre, f' .„4 `• The Atlantic Queen discharged her cargo., of lumber at the port. of Glasgow and then sailed on to Portree in the Isle of Skye. From here,', Jamieson sent messages to the isolated crofts on the island, instructing the relatives of the Friends of Skye to assemble at the ship within seven days, if they wished to. emigrate. • Portree was (and still is) an ancient little haven 'on the east coast of Skye. From the quay, the town rises upwards on hilly -land, with most of the prominent buildings on the Historians a `around the market square. m have told of importance in the escape of Bonnie Pince Charlie from the clutches of the English in the year 1746, with the price of 30,000 pounds sterling upon his. head; a tremendous fortune in those days. It is also a favourite locale of romantics d Was it here that the over exaggerated relationship between the prince. and Flora MacDonald came to an abrupt end I shall leave the answer to that question for my read • ers to research for themselves. .. ' It was three days before the first of the emigrants made their way to the ship. They came slowly and perhaps. very reluctantly down the steep narrow road to the quay, g • pathetic and shabbily dressed people,. some REDTREES with bore and bleeding, feet. Exhausted and weak from the lack of food, by Don Campbell they saddened the ;hearts of the crew) who rushed forward to assist them' onto the ship. Captain Jamieson lost no time • in making them comfortable in; the 'quarters that Chippy'•Chisholm and Teddy Murdoch had ' constructed in the,,forward :hold., • The last stragglers appeared on the sixth day and with theme, 'an old and; very weak man whom his son was reluctant to abandon to his 'inevitable fate. Jamieson had the local doctor examine him. • #41Ie has no disease. that I know of," the doctor said. "He is just a tired old man. burdened by years, and emaciated through lack of food." "Is he strong enough to endure . a voyage of six or mere: weeks?" Before the doctor could reply, the old man struggled to raise himself on his elbows: ':`If ye're worried about me'dying, 'laddie, diriria , fash yesel'. I carve not when and where I meet my maker, be it on land or sea, so long as when I gae, I can be holding. the hand of • my lad!" • ' There were sixty-two people willing: to go to.the ,litew land: They comprised thirty-three men dnd womenunder the age of fifty, twenty-four children and five "old folk". On the seventh day, Jamieson gave the order to - set sail for Glasgow: There he would take on merchandise for resale in 'Canada. As the ship sailed out of Portree, the emigrants lined the rails to take a -last look at their . island home. Jamieson noticed a .distinct difference between these :people and his kinsmen back home ;in Redtrees. They were almost conipletely silent and watched the land fade into the distance with . sad, emotionless faces. It was as it they had endured somuch hardship and, poverty that nothing, not even the prospect of• a long journey into the unknown, could either scare or excite them anymore. The Atlantic Queen stayed only sufficient time in Glasgow to pick up Jamieson's car- go. He had expected many of his crew to lea- ve theship, but a letter which awaited them changed their minds. It appeared the 'Vessel had been sold and the new owner was willing ! g to employ all the crew, both officers .and men,when she arriked back in Toronto. This meant of. course that "Mister" MacLachlan would eventually resume full command of the "Queen". ' Unexpectedly, a wealthy merchant and his young daughter sought first Class passage on. the ship, acid since Jamieson had sufficient room to accommodate them in the officers' quarters, he agreed to take them on board. When ' ,Teddy Murdoch saw the young woman lifting her skirts . to walk up the inclined gangplank, he was filled with.. a strange inexplicable emotion, He . 'was carrying supplies aboard . ship and . had a small barrel of wine on his shoulder. A t the sight of the young lass, hs fantasies worked overtime and in h" .-xcit m t,. he tripped over a rope a nearl droppe the -barrel overboard. "What i. the matter wit ' you lad?" MacLachlan • lied from the wheeldeck. "Can't you loo where you are going?" Chippy Chish m was standing •near the first officer and it' did not take him two ticks to recognize what was wrong with the ,boy. "Don't be angry with him sir - I think our little Teddy is sick - 'twould appear he has been .smitten with ,petticoat fever!"