The Lucknow Sentinel, 1969-10-22, Page 21WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 22nd, 1969
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LOOKING IBACKWARDS
HROU6H THSENTINEL F
WITH MARGARET 'THOMPSON
10 YEARS AGO
Sgt. Alymer G. Aitchison with °
the Canadian Army signal corps as
a radio mechanic wasposted to .
Egypt., • • •
Murrayeset=Wa-w-a-nosll
,accepted a, .position as, assistant ,
farm .editor orvCKN'X radio and ,'TV .
Art Breej les,: who'had served
close to ten yearias arena manag
er and caretaker, tendered his. res-
ignation. . t
A :shiprnent• of close to 500.0
tulip bulbs, direct from Holland,.
arrived in town. Most of the bulbs
were for. antin.within the villa•e
Mr; and.M'rs.:Redvers Johnston
sold their Lucknow residence. ons'
Outram St: to John Robb of ,eonc:es.-
sion,10 ,. Kinloss.; '
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'MANUFACTURERS AND EXCEEDS CANADI
GOVERi�.MENT SPECIFICATIONS 3`GP 854
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AN.
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YEARS AGO
;OCTOBER 1939'
•A local unit of the -Canadian
Red Cross -Society was--farmIin
Lucknow with; the following officers:
Hon: Presidents., Dr,0. A . Newton,
Mrs. A. G: Elliott; President, G. H.
Smith; Vice.Presidents, Rev, C. H.
MacDonald, Rev, R. C. Todd, :Rev.
Maloney; Secretary,. Marion Mae -
Dougall;
Dou. all; Assistant Secretary:; •Mrs..
'A. E. McKim; Treasurer, Y. .,.
Prest. Work meetings were planned
three–days a, week with -.hos is -�--
supplies' being 'inane • . '•
Over two hundred person becarne
members of the local:Red,;Cross
Society.in a• tnembership,dr;ve,,
Officers :of Jewel: Rebekah Lodge;
Luc,know,:Were . installed as. follows:
J.P,N.G. Mr's, J. P. ;Clarke
N. G Mrs Christena' 11Mac Kenzie
V.G. Mrs, Evelyn Little; 'Rec., ,
Sec. - Mlrs . Jessie. Clark; Fin. Sec,;
;
MrsMariorr_C'ooke; Treas..;
.- 1\Irs
Jean Aitchison Warden, — Dorothy'
Cooke;;• Conductor Mrs R. John-
stone; Chaplain Mrs, Etta Sntith;.
LG. Mrs Martha. McNall; O. G . •
Mrs': 'Margaret Fisher;, R S.N G.
�1rs. Isobel Thompson,
Mrs,. Elizabeth fluster]; R.S` \' , . . -
'Mrs:. Margaret Sproul; L.S•.\`.G.,'.
:Mrs.:CClara Nixon;.. .u`sioian 'Elva
Johnston: .
50'YEARS AGO..
. OCTOBER 1919' .
George Mackenzie:, who lived
north of the G .T 'Railw,ay :station ,
died, at the. age of 100 years and
five mouths.. ••
Good* progress was being,_ made
with thea erection of,.Russ Robertsons'
house on•'' Quality Hill'.
1Nrrr Ritchie bought .a..:100 acre .•''
1 farm near Zion;,frotn David: Stroud.
Thptnas Ferguson bought' the •
Ritchie. `place':
`A school report Of Lucknow
Public School,: Room 1. named
following.p}ipils W . Webster: K
MacKetilie E.:• Eaton V• 'Sherriff
•
C: Webster, S. MacLeod:'•; ;. Mivhc
.';.All'ister.,.H ;: M'acDonald , M Wat
son B.Milne , M Jewitt, C.
,M
. ster, A :. ,MacMillan.,. $". )jrink.
water, R. Watson'.. J.; 1 MacKenzie
S .:Whitby ;ul..: Button S . ;Steward
E'. Nixon ; K Mortis, 171Johnston .
I Whitby, A. Andrew .J:; Stewart
P. Me.nary, C: Greer, G.'Anderi-
sori , A, ;:Murdoch , A..' Wilson ,'
Watson,' -R. Armstrong, J.. Brabson,
1.'tiiac�lillan "C . l laclntos'i H.
3-a�L-eor1�-b-l�I-enl�r-so- .: a... ,t
'..Mortis . Iv1: Macintosh
' ,:17.; .Thomp
son , E. Eaker, - B .; Drinhwater W
Arnlstrong, M .MacDonald,
Irwin, T..MacDonald, E. Whitt' ,
Applications areinvited ng electrical
electrical con-
tractors ' interested. in servici , hyating
equipment ment in Bruce County schools.
ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS REPLYING , MUST T BE:
EXPERIENCED AND SKILLED IN THE SERVICING OF THE.
THREE BASIC COMPONENTS -OF SUCH -SYSTEMS; NAMEL ,,
THE ELECTRICAL HEATING UNIT ITSELF; THE MECHAN-
ICAL AIR, DISTRIBUTION . COMPONENTS AND THE AUTO -
MATIC CONTROLS:
APPLICATIONS. SHOULD BE •SUBMITTED NOT LATER
THAN FRIDAY, OCTOBER 31st TO:
TI -IE BRUCE , COUNTY
BOARD. OF EDUCATION,
.Box 190,
Chesley, Ontario
ATTENTION; MR. MEL WEDOW,
SUPERVISOR —.BUILDINGS' AND MAINTENANCE SERVICES •'
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o h unttn
fhiis is the'. time of year
when the hunting stories' are
flying around::.Each: ; time they
are retold, they -become a big
ger• lie or a little .funnier:, ,
• 1 don't.. mind• the stories.
when, they're funny, or big,:fat
lies.h
But .t eres nothing more,
boring than listening:. to alunt-
er telling you in deadly, earnest
.the •entire story. of. how he
;:would have •got ,his; bag of
:ducks' or bagged his' deer if .
•„ the . fates: and ..the weather,, and ::
anything; else he can think. of;
had not conspired' against him'
lt's as dull: as • listening td '.
•'someone relate what: happened .
cin c.very •note of his golf game,
-or. eery • hand' of bridge... •He
would have •shot par• or
his, grand slam if, if, if .. .
Getting back` .to hunters,
you'll never ..hear -that ' earnest,•
• serious • teller of tales. admit
n a ,., a cou ':n t. it •:the
side of a 'barn ,with, a. handful';.
of •beans, 'from "three feet. Or
that. he's as quiet.in, the'. bush
as a tank on a hot tin roof.' No'
.•Teacher. Miss X Murdie
for life. from heart attacks and;
arthritis;.' than birds. • •
Another .thing .that puts me
pi ' .'.
otf s'• the type, .of ' people who 4.
• hunt : There is a • large percent
•age ; of • high-grade, morons,.
among, .them.
I've'• just read in. the Wiarton, 0
Echo' a story about. two :• ",hunt-
ers" who shot'. and killed. two.
.wild, ..white:: swans ., that had
• 'niade their • home near 'a beach
resort ' and were 'a • delight to
cottagers..What. is there to say
about "hunters". ' who: shoot
swans?
couple of.• .Years, ago; two
:chaps I know' went out' toy' the
local. golf 'course ' and. 'shot ev-:
cry black squirrel: in SightThis', take's a. lot: of nerve, :stamp
and' bush -lore; walking
around •a' golf course,: slaugh-
tering' half -tame Squirrels,..with
three ,ounces of meat :each on
them.
6�i l
go
;
Then: there ‘.are � the "hunt= 1
ers" . who go. off for .a good: ji.4
drunk in the bush: ' It .gives
Ahem chance_to�pla_y 1
grow a '.beard, curse, `belch and::. ;;�
.. do• .all sorts • ..of . manly''things i°',I
like :.that. They could do the,' L�
same . thing by. checkin into a
motel ' room for' a 'wet. But :'
., they enjoy wearing big , boots ,
and rough ,cloithes ,and making..
nide. noises'. "Then .'they come •
home and. let their wives' push , w ,
them • around ,like pupptts: for
the other fifty-one week
The finest hunters are those
ere's ' nothing---wrong—VWith—, P a
him .
• Its •the gods, or his. gun
RITE
lammed., .or `sheer' bad •luck
, Quite a few •of''the Chaps on
• uur staff iVitho are' keen. hunters'•,
urge'"'me . to jo$11 them. This
means: standing. around : in a
Those attending the Women's • swamp and chest -high boots 'af
Institute $ruse County Rally on ter walking• an hour , to 'get
'� there,; gazing sullenly for hours.
I 'October 16 held in. Elmwood from , ::at a' sullen: sky.; filled ' with,
I' Whitechurch W.1; were Mrs. Tom •:• blackbird's` ' and swallow: -
j'Magoffin•, Mrs: Fred Tiffin, Mrs. ,.non-existent aucks •`;
4 Bo R.. r4rs .-V,;cto 'I t seri I •e®been--able_•o_f •ght_of .
I VictorErnerson accompanied the •the . temptation' for . `several
I ladles and spent the• day in•E1 years' now. i used to be •a fair
wood 3'
�� fence -post and,'tin can in the,
country, that can testify',to that.
and'I'.used. to' enjoy,hunting. It
really was ' pleasant to get Way
p p s d y ,:from the :'o.1d :ba,ttleaxe for a
•few hours on .a ,lovely; autumn'
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lone :528-2125
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• shot Therp's .,, .. . ' trete
HOME ATTER EYE'SURGERY
Hilda de.l3oer returned home frons
St. Jose -h''s,hos ital on Wei nesda
after eye surgery,..' She is to; return
next ,week for a check up.
Mr. and' lvlrs;, Bert Howlett.of -
Calgary and son Mervyrt.of Korea •
,, and, Mrs . Albert' Phillips `of Burnaby
B •C.. were Thursday visitors with
Mrs . . Gdorge Phillips of West Wawa •
nosh 'In the cyenin,,: . r. wne on t e
! Torn jarnieson„Mrs. Tom way honie from a, remote is,,,
v:Magoffin 'Mr•. and Mrs. Andrew land, ill 'a blizzard, a high wind,
• Gaunt and other' relatives visited. • and a leak boat, lids; lit
y h r •
with them�ei
, ,Mervyn told of his .. • Hunting is for the b
work 4nd living conditions in =ally: In proportidn to num
hers there art }
'But. I; ve never been a fanat-
ic, , Any tendency' I had' 'toward'
.becoming one' was cured forev='
er last time I went' deer.hunt
ing;. 'I got lost twice, ' was al-
most shot once (he hit the
hound • instead' of me),' and' was
r
S . y .
e more sun ers
Korea skilled, 'wounded, or: • disabl'ed;
t:�
who love' al e_ ey espec' .
and. admire .and are . 'curious
about their' prey. ,They. shoot
only when they know what
Tile re shooting at, . try 'tQ kill*
cleanly; and follow the ;wound
ed deer' or retrieve the wound'
ed bird at any cost I've no:
;quarrel with• them. But'I: think:
most of, them would be: just as'''.
happy with an unloaded gun or ,
a camera,'
There's no .'real, appeal in
hunting for me any. more,
though ; love t� getout in thr
bush, preferably alone: ' •
,But. if .they ever. declare an
open season. on. school admint5-' ••
. ra ors, e rig •ack there,
gun on shoulder, keen of. eye':
and, hard.of jaw, tireless' in the
'
chase Wand relentless in the
kt1l,..`I wouldn't even mind tak-
ing part in wiping out the. eh.
tire. species, though l'm against
this sort of thing, normally.