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The Lucknow Sentinel, 1961-02-01, Page 2! PAG$. Two. •1 .741C: l'AVC01 . THE L[JCKNO1 SENTINEL 1`. .L'YJCKNOW, ONTARIO: "The •Sepoy, Town"': ,- Oa the Hura . Bruce RoandarY " . Second . ishedA Eac ednesdp1� AfietiaCttav±�a: AutEstabld hod873 Pass mail ,'pgst Office Department oon Member .of the C,W N.A,, and.'be OM N$, Subscription Rate, -$3,00 ' :a year, in advance -� to the. USA $4;00, p : rs; , • L, .Campbell Thompson aid. Donald C Tliomps�on,, ,Pub, lshe Wr.X N )AY'', :FEB. 1 _.t i961 R 4.1 =NOW' (*MAW wmprrsDAY, F•EB, 1st,. 196, t LOSS POINTS .rUP 'IMPORTANCE Arenas are:. particularly vulnerable to fire andthe recent destruction of :the 1. Port Elgin arena makes all communities more. conscious ; of this, hazard. ' One. can- not but admire the civic pride, and de- . termination which ' spurs a community to . • undertake replacement • of such. a 'loss:: A community centre's ' true valuation, it seems, is only fully realized` by . its ' destruction. In Wingham there is • a current aware- ness ware-ness of the ever present hazard of fire ;'. and of the' need ; for repairs and renova- tion of their 'arena; This: 'h as .a familiar ring, •:for, "such'',; ideas are' being "toyed 'with".. locally; and' 'the following editorial from the Wingham- Advance Times, : tinder the caption, Sensi +ble Precaution" will be of, timely 'interest: "You will 'have noted that extra. pre- .cau :. ns 'are ' being taken at ; the arena to make sure the danger : of fire is kept ; to an absolute minimum; Perhaps you have wondered 'why 'all this:sudden interest in •', the old building. It ,is only 'a short time since one of the arenas iri this district was destroyed: 'by fire and • now the town is faced' with the alternative of doing, without : their com- munity centre ordigging very ..deeply .in, their • pockets for a replacement. / . "The hazards are particularly ' high in k' the Wingham building, where the, entrance and dressing room:,' area has reached a ` stage ,'which' can only be described..,' as dilapidation. - Tire council and • the. arena . . • commission are hopefulthat concrete plans -''may be implemented this summer for the reconstruction: of . the front of the arena, not only to modernize and beautify the' place;, but ;in large measure to eliminate .. the danger of .,;:fire "Though a new '.'front on the arena Would ' *appear in someways to be an ex- pensive luxury, theproject 'cannot be put :off much longer. Washrooms, ' offices; dressing rooms are all in the last stages/hof:'' decay and most certainly not the ;sort of accommodation a respectable town wants .:for its young people.: "The efforts which arecurrentl being g,. made to ensure the safety of the ,building require ' the full co-operation of and those' who ;. use it, both spectators and partici- ' pants. • Smoking; of .course, is the greatest hazard of all, w for: a carelessly discarded cigarette : butt `could spell the'. end of .a, building , which serves an' extremely use- /If purpose in the life of the community's f the arena' . commission u• gets: thee ',whole= hearted ,co-operation , of all, the danger will be. field to, a . minimum. ' .It .may frighten you at first, but it's; worth trying' ,praise' your wife. For safe biking at night : 'trim your bike with red and white, w STRICTLY • FOR. THE BIRDS By, Old ..Peter"'. I'm just .a plain old 'duffer, 'and for Years I've had to suffer . And endure the things live always 'felt vere wrong, The. radio, and Teeyee• . gave use'music?"• that 'would; grieve • me, Make, me wince , at 'what was ;called a' ''modern song. The singers voice like gravel over miles of air would . travel W`th • a' grating noise,, like broken clashing gears; . It leaves me 'weak, and gasping; yet- - the singer went on rasping Like a wounded Moose, ' offensive to : my- ears. years. 'Then some "Modern art : creations, .look ingmore ` like:: desecrations Titled, sunset, herds of cattle, anda tree.. 1 .couldn't recognize them, but some fel- low up.. and buys them; Yet they didn't (look Tike anything to me. Then 1 carne near to fainting when ;I found.. that this same 'painting ; Was hung up in a famous ;Gallery, They should have hung: thejoker who had daubed the ` yellow ,ochre ' And slapped or . colours accidentally. Now. I thought it was a duty: to .extol what passed for beauty . In Painting, and the rendering of a song, But 1 guess that I'm mistaken, for I' m . left alone ;forsaken, I. apologize — admit I must be 'wrong: 1' have no ' imagination, or :sensation;`' of creation, • For .. tonal sounds; for paintings, or for words,. And I find that my opinion; is not held in, this Dominion, In fact, I'm .'told,'': "Lt's Strictly for 'the birds." This. 'story is'completed, • , l've retreated. quite defeated • And admit ' that 1 deserve the title odd if 'they 'psycho -analyse me, it would not• at all, surprise:. me, If they .found out that I, still believe in God. :There are but•.few things now exempt from the 1.1 % • Federal sales tax..We must collect it on painted 'Matter, for free and with :no consideration for bad. accounts'. :�- and, must, remit it pronto within the sub-. ". sequent month, or else ,pay the . "late' re•J', turn" penalty. . If the: Province insists on a ;safes• tax let the government 'take the responsibility for.. its ' collection; albeit the costs : come pretty high for switching itfroth one• P ket to the ' other.' ': If 'the politicians' keep an ear "•'te rile grouncl they may learn that a good "many, people would be pleased . to forgo softie of the governments gracious' hand outs, ,'for . .., ;which the recipiet?.,ts keep digging .deepen - and 'deeper ' int`o the tax pockets, HARDLY CRICKET (Kincardine News) Some years ago the directors' of Rill - ley : and 'Huron. Agricultural Society chang- ed,. their fair date, selecting the last Saturday ' ')o f the month .of September.. to stage the event. It proved an advantageous ,move and. the date was, generally recognized over, a wide -area '-as that' . of- Ripley Fair.' By .the same token, years ago Tees water Agricultural Society claimed ,the first Wednesday of October, to 'stage its fair and '' achieved such . success it, became known, as. "Canada's Largest Rural. • Fair..":. Now ' Teeswater has decided to revert. to' the. 'last Saturday of September, a move which can be described as hardly :cricket.. We ,realize that the directors of any agricultural society are primarily interest-., ed in -the ,success of. the fair and •contri= .bute a great deal of ' time and effort to assure this condition,, butWe do not ,think. the interest should extend `to stealing a neighbour's proclaimed traditional date, Obviously, bothfairs can ,not oper- ate on the same 'day, and if they tried to,. the: Smaller one would, suffer the fair,solution ' is, for Teeswater to retain. its former date or pick one which� does not interfere' with, the dates already claimed by societies i the. clistric . • .I.,ucknow Municipal Coun oil has currently under Idis .-eussien the proposal! to move the Municipal Officd• to the Council Room in ' The Town,}, To d0, So require$ renov-= tion of tills 'room'.as' well, as the "`basement area, presently ; 'used . chiefly.,' by , ' Scouts, Guides. and 'Brownies, Delegates. froth th ese or- ganizations, •as .well, as from. the :Women's, Institute,'& For esters , who, regularly; use the, Council ,Room, and, from the Red Cross Society which has its loan, 'cupboards in .the Council. Room,; met with the: Council, on. Tuesday evening., They heard: ' the proposed Plan explained. Dnd saw how Council considered• .the base- ment alterations, . and were' favorably impressed: Time does not peunit go ing into the details in this A,issue, but Council later. delv- ed- into costs of. the proposed:. project.' Subject to'' finalizing . their 'estimates, and obtain# ing information on what grants..are available on this work, Council willmake its. final .decision. JANUARY. PRODUCED STEADY' WINTER DIET "Not toobad for January, is • the way :the' official weather ob- server, J. '1‘a: Greer, :summarizes, the first month. of 1961. There was 32 inches . of ' nova . during the month and .no ram.. The high, temperature was 44' degrees with a low of 8 . below.. The forepart;. of the month month' was, fine,, with the last ten daysquite, cold with plenty: of snow;. but good, brisk winter weather if youlike it that way. IN .ATTENDANCE ' AT LEADERSHIP FORUM Warren 'Zinn:. a representative of ; Ashfield, ,Federation of Agri culture and Miss. Joanne Alton of the Colwanash '.Junior Institute were among those in attendance: ate Huron County'sfirst'''Rur:al Leadership Forum held. in .code-. tich and sponsored :,by the Huron County Federation of Agriculture. The Education Committee of 'the Federation, composed 'of 'the' County •President,- Warren Zur= brigg; .Clifford,• Mr. Elmer .:Ire- land; ` .2nd vice-president, Wing- ham and, 1VIrs. J. 'Cs Hemingway., Brussels, planned the ,.program :for ,the three days. Mr. Robert •: Secord`'. and Miss Eleanor :-Syaracuse of the Coin munity ' Program .Branch of the' Department. of Education, were' among the instrdctors. ,STATIONERY NEEDS can be filled at The Sentinel; writing • paper; envelopes, hasty' , notes, thank you notes, boxed greeting cards, magic • markers and: refills file folders, receipt' bodks,.-state-' ment pads; scratch: pads, pens, refills, . and • many: .other :items, The : Lueknow . ,Sentinel, ',phone 35,3 Lucknow. Kincar..dine.Pipe Band has Com- menced a, 'series of. weekly' prac flees' in preparation. for. their summer ' Saturday night . band. concerts iii the lakeside'' town.. RATHER EMBARRASSING One of 'our Campbell Street neighbours had a rather embar- rassing expeirience recently to ; say ,the least." Seems he noticed sone dangerous icicles ori one of • neighbour's ,building. /He at- temptedd 'to •:remove' the ice from , . its dangerous. position abovec,' the, :' walk. of the ' downstairs „neigh bou'r. His. aim was ' et so good; . and. the,'weapon he ,,:had thrown. , • '- to dislodge:.`' the ice .''cra`shed through,, the window of • another neighbour who lived upstairs in' :the. building. •Aroused from .their, table in: the kitchen, the upstairs neighbours 'found a .hole in .their. window, ' ice and glass `on their living room floor. and ''a' very 'embar. rassed gentleman 'await- ing• hi fate on the., ground be - neath. . Is Your Subscription .Renewed? TIRE REPAIRS TIRE 'REPAIRS. SalesanService d . Oil all FIRESTONE TIRES. Phone 12-- 7 Dungannon u. 1 For Your', 1961 Bookkeeping Needs , . u Brflwnline (a good selection in stock) If we don't have your particular • requirements, we will order for you. LOOSE LEAF LEDGER SHEETS .IN STOCK .. CASH .t BOOICS IN STOC• K. n t leave .your bookkeeping. requirements until the last Minute, Order now and be ' ready for, 1961. 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