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The Lucknow Sentinel, 1969-10-22, Page 21WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 22nd, 1969 Ii.E ;LUCKNOW SENTINEL, LUCRN W ONTARIO PAGE • TWENTY-ONE.:.' 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.; ' ALUMINUM STORM AND SCREEN COMBINATION WINDOWS PRICED FR - . R ' W'ndow, Any. Homeowner. Can Install': ealch ALUMINUM DOOR COMPLETE WITH 'KEYED ° LOCK, / SELF -STORING 'WINDOW AND SCREEN Regular.. value, $33.95.. each •CO•O.P Sale Price . • .99 each; • I ti Ctil'`wc..i�%...ti.��..+`•"�r`ti...�'."•C�. �ays..Only i • PER TWO YEAR ANTI -FREEZE DOtS NOT yon AWAY °NIYINTS RUST *IU NOT FOAM ANTI•Cytty ULAR. VUtJE o .CHROMATE . COMPATIBLE FOR DIESEL . AND TRACTOR `OPERA;TIONS • APPROVED BY MAJOR AUTO 'MANUFACTURERS AND EXCEEDS CANADI GOVERi�.MENT SPECIFICATIONS 3`GP 854 • AN. / 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 •' r 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' �■ , lone :528-2125 ....._...,._._._... .�A: 2 b�7.:p..:o";11"�.. s,.�i.�.5 '°!'•?1�'•?x�-. nuT'Yu� • 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.