The Lucknow Sentinel, 1969-04-30, Page 21WEDNESDAY, ,APRIL - 30th,. 199
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THE LUCKNOW SENTINEL, LUCKNOW, ONTARIO •
tri atu r-
Lucknow'_will be included for the
second successive year in the week-
long tour of the University of West-
ern Ontario 'Choir , The Choir ,•
er the direction of Gordon K.
• Greene, will appear in the auditor-
ium of the Lucknow Public. School
this Saturday evening ,. May 3rd. •• .
The University of Western Ontario
Choir was formed as an extra -curr-
icular mixed chorusmore_than •
twenty yearsago lt; invol'ves
students from all . facultiesand
schools. All activities 'are under;`
the control of a student executive
that functions inclose cooperation
with the director .who ;is responsible
essentially for the music;:
•Activities include regular partic-
ipation :in •a Christmas concert with
the University Orchestra., Intervar-
sity Choral Festival including univ-
ersity choirs from Western, Toronto
McMaster and Guelph, an annual
Spring Concert, and a Spring Tour
the'week following the final exam-
inations. This year the Choir was
invited. to :prepare:two major works
for chorus and orchestra for
presentation in the London $ymph-.
oily Orchestra's -regular subscription :•
series.. ...
There _are about 80 singers in the.
Choirduring the regular, term,.
about. 40, of whom•are able to arc=.
ange their summer •jobs so as, to be.
able :to participate •in Spring Tour .
The Choir ,,is.being sponsored; in
:Lucknow by the .Lucknow and Dist-. -,
rict Lions. Club.
:More details, of the . ev,ening
LuckflowArea:Averagesrk
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YearPart-Time!o
Margi:pp.. fauns or land for which •
it' is difficult: to find agood, use' in.
the::Georgian ' Bay Region could be
sold to federal or provincial.govern
.merits; "to become part of an, '
invaluable land, bank for public
purppses;This is one ..of.the
osa-ls-in a=GBRDC be e -f -W4
•Ontario T•reasur DeP artrnent:su
• X,• P . • gg
esting how•the.land -the tradition-
al agricultural base in Muckof the;
region could have a' ,role
reviving•; the economic :growth•of
the four counties and two.districts'.
If -owners of: Marginal. farms were
given equity "in' land elsewhere in
exchange',for their property or were.
able to draw on an account up to. •
the,extent of its market 'value. over •
a •eriod of ears, the mobility and
• adaptability Of the farmer woul
increase. He would not feel\trapped
and policyrnakers would be' less. in-
clined' to•look;on his. problem as
One-�to-be-a- - - -oached-with._a.lw e
PP.
fare' solution.
The brief emphasizes how great
an: asset landscape is in -the region
and brings out many` ways in which
._.._land is or may be-r-equi edJor_pub-
1ie:purposes parks'and' •
recreational areas, reforestation,
the protection of shorelines and the
provision
-of new highway links:
One important recommendation is
'the establishment of.a regional'con-
servation' aut ori y,.
•Statistics gathered for the brief by
the Centre'for:Resources Develop-
ment :at the University of -Guelph
indicate' the :wide scope of the pro-
- blem: to be tackled in the. large part
of the. region where farming is a : '
.: predominant. land use today , but'
•
incoi'nes are low ,
.Bruce County has five times the
amount of agricultural employment
• 75 Days';
ie Farm
in•proportion to industrial employ-
ment as the Ontario.averager. The
land north of about'Port :Elgin' to
Chatsworth, can be classified •.as 20'
to; 60:per cent 'fait to good, and:
south. of. the .line,, more than 60
er Cent:good, North .of
p good
about 45 er cent of
the total area is in farms,. and south
of this in the Southampton •- Walk
eIton -' Tiverton 'triangle ;the land
is 7511'3' 90 per. Cent in:farms and
elsewhere it' is. about 90 per cent;
the the northern.reaches of the" pen-
insula• less than. 15 per cent of the
P
land is farmed',
Individual ;farms have a capital '
value of between $20,000 and,'
0 ,000. except north of Wiarton
$4 � p.:. .,
O00'to $20 000
where it is' $10 , $. ,,
I rtrr - nt kt• 4i -m.
work off the. .farm averages' 20 to g
50 days :• a year for each operator,
,
except in the.Tobermory area
2 to150
where t.is•1 5days and
.around Lucknow where itis 5' • o
75days .a year.
:.'.:About '10 to 20 per cent of
farms can be classified as low.-
income
ow-income with capital value under
$25,000, gross receipfs under
.$:2,500.and oft -the -farm work 'less
,than. 3U days a year. Some 700.:
Bruce farms are in this category.,
p .'i
In thenorth..half.'of thecounty,,
annual farin sales income of less
than--$2-1-5004s--th . ' .:
range. In the south it is $3',76o, to.
$5,000. In .the Kincardine,'-' Luck -
now a'rea -and-around-LChes-le it; is
$5,000 to $10,000.
.. Directors of the GBRDC; in Bruce:
County are Jack Otto, Southamp=•
ton; W.A. Davey, Port Elgn;a
'Frank Field, Teeswater, °J. G.
McLaughlin, Wiarton and C ,
Schmalz, Walkerton:
,, •
performance can be 'found ,else-
Where
lse-where in advertisements in this.
issue
•You are invited to at -
end an Open House to
see an. All -Electric Start-
er Pullet building • Plan
to come on' . --
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• :PAGE 'TWENTYONE ,
:anley's SuperteLucknow
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be there
'April is a month ' to. try. the box of ,ashes which. 'contained,
• soul of the. householdce. And some live coals.`•Charred is, the'
mine has beentried and found ` • word.
:.,wanting.The flower beds .took .like a
When,:„ the last. dirty gray bar -room floor on a Sunday,
streaks • •of snow ..had ' disap morning,; The shrubs 'are all.
peared, .1' took a' tour.. of the broken' off at the "elbows •liy
estate. Theft I • went' ''inside,. • ' the•.weight of snow..The fences
we,pt; for a . few minutes,
and
t ok: shock.treatment' on the
rocks.
We hve on' a "earner lot _.Ot '
two; sides'"of it, .there. was 'some- :.
thing that looked 'like the re-
mains of; Hadrian's.; Wail It
:'1was the rampar..ts of • sand and
• salt. thrown up on the lawn.. by attacked it.
the snowblower in January..
.You can't blow it 'back: into
the street.. Thcrc are :two alter
natives. The first, is '18 .man -
"'hours, first with sh.avel; then
with :rake, then wi't:h • stiff f • That's the' salvation. : of. April::,
lean ' .precariously, as you
;� ',1.1.—ifi—an oak,. brane h; ten
inches thick, had fallen on you.
A dreary scene, indeed. But -
there's only- one thing':, to -be
done' about it.- No use .griping..
Arid. that's What I did:'' On: the
first warm.•day, i went: out, and
Not' dire,ctly:'•,That way lies a
heart attack. 1 took abeer and
a.book„ laid them down, .looked
at: the "blue sky and 'thought.
.`about' Opening Day.
• broom: The .other. is :touse it as •.1 '•Deep in your hearts you know
l
the foundation for a stone wall::
• that �a'iT that'' garbage is • going: .
:`:around• . the property Either, d to even if the
to be attended. w our lawn. is ruined.'
way, Y.. Old. lady has to. do. it. '. �
"but that was merely the. be . e.: ,a o t h •o
, And''if• you hat/_ a t tc f •
ginning.. "Last fall;. ��I 'managed I , the. �oet'and . artist in •ou;, as
to kee ahead' of ' the 'ma le•.` p ' s y
• P :��.what "man ' doesnt,. you, know .
leaves' burning and raking, like �, that : the first day • of trout fish
•
1 did •,aspects' of April, -.and leave
you: pure of. heart and Mind. if :.
not, of tongue,'. when, you, get.
You. might as' well wait ,:for 1 out and., have- a hash .;:at . the
them.alLLd.iitinctly i•cm' ember I trout,. •• '
going out' One day last Ngvem I ' This, the promise offgetting.
ber, .with a face •as :long :as a 1
away 'out into the :real world.of
1 icy water and lost lures and•no
avomen, on the •last weekend—.0(
April, gives a , man a certain
sanity retaining cletarhment as:
My wife, `in one of her rare � he: surveys . the ' no=man's•\. rid
moments of pity, said, "Why i of his property:'
don't 'You "wait a few days until
they're dryr,. Last year:, for various stupid•
a reasons i missed Opening nay,
Reeling with. shock; I said for the first time in 20, years.
'"0.K."'The 'next day it, snowed - This year.; even with a broken
And the next: And so on Until neck (and 1 think•[, have one:
e endo J rr'ruarY, • the' X-rays haven:t been. cad ,.
Th!y re . still ' there, even. ., yet); I ani going to catch my
more sodden after snuggling 'limit, fall off 'a• :log ,into. -that.
. uii'Bei . folic feet of-•-snw•---ail: • lac Water -,--and (-
winter: And . they'll. be .the .•. g
'filthy, stinking and purged; alt. ' '' •
death of. me, I• know :it,;af .1 try • the good things that accompa- • :
to • rake them. There must be.„nv Opening Pay and the real
48 ,tons of wet leaves on the. ' i` beginning of Spring in this
country.
Two tier,: Stairstep:
Cage Brooding
of _ Water Heath
DONUTS
MONUMENTS
d a fair rice on a', monument.
correctly designed from quality amaterial, re
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SKELTON MEMORIALS
on
Tat O'Hagan; . Prop.
Established OVett Sixty Years:
VWALKBRrtON' PHONE '881.0234 ONTARIO
Harry Bakker
Switzer
Construction
Iowson. & Howson
Neuhauser
Hatchery.
-"Ontario
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•But- •the \oaks drop.: late,and
they don't., cascade down,:'but
drift, one by .one. •• '
•
foot. 'taking a .look :.at., the
'fence -to -fence carpetin'g: of sod
den :leaves,. and • reaching with
he avy,_h_earLfarthe. rake
1 wonder if [.could get .sonic
husky male 'student 'who's not'.
doint top',vcH in his English at •
• school; and. have a quiet, crafty
.little chat With,. him,. pointing
out the ratio 'Of '.my .benevo'
lence.to. the scarcity.of wet oak
leaves on my lawn.
T -\lose are . ,iust--two YApi'ii
problems, ms, neither yet solved.,
And there's a Mist of• small +i'-
ones,. Huge oak branches all
'Oor the front lawn, broken off
in 'snow'storms. The hose has
becii oUt• all winter, My ,wife
set fii;c to the back porch ono
winter day when• she Put' out a
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THE LUCKNOW
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offers a compkte selection of
wedding'announcements .
styled for the discrim:
matin
. ask for ...