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Do you `aemember
10 years ago?
Canada IS sill pI Ive:.` a . pretty- :.p an+et t the
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problems we face lnifie§tin iatorno a su�ith onornya h �
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Interest rimes and'the oniititonal
lint
+ ewiiigo w
ith; us
Intetts nevi year. Consumers Iri. *'atd �ore*th
pay ohequts ego n te pay for no essiiiea 0:11000 prhes rise
se
v �n n.t eots.- t -l° : ce `i creat �..ies,.
.and a _cryo: a ��i ho ref# � ,, a per,. ,,.nt, ,nt. . rat....... �.
a s nent econo11 y .forcin Ia offS and t s�2 cern.. dollar. x
But uanllke Many oountfies in the we Md,':t .anadians :enjoy
great degree of freedo ,qs v pot prow- table anti.°
a bounteous Vsuppi arld s peat ful ma* despltoai ► - '
,btckeulng - r. F 4v'... ' a •'S +
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• •Around the•worid, the usands:die everlt day' fof lack of
oh their tibia, .1.n countrles suchi 'as Ireland end .Israel,.
stepping .outside Into the Street carries °.tt throat of beings
shot :down by terrorists. In !fitly- hQxu t, n
ti� ds ares stili digging
out:-: from are of . the intor'st: earthquak ' every; they :aro
hom6less,, hunger arid gr f. strleken. jean Is at war ,with Iraq.
_-The t ovI is s#iir upy'; d fl ► Poll aline
_gip: for longer-thftn t Dight t> :Ours: _at- a dime= for (b° string of .
a
.sausa�geto`fsrfng home° -some meat for. the table. The tight to'
free independent � trado unions tS a right onlyrocently'
achieved. PoIIsh fa .e are obbying for their ownt U1,110114'0that the: man. Who ovine rt. .right to ;the t..
advanced tech naltfgy ot.modem fa ri . rots► only available-
• to thegovernment age tar n.
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v nti ronwfh` t1118,',1 1:hIle aa
-found frooddMSliktdma
Foie people make in a yearwatadians eoesklerto
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their disposabio lr ome. Few'tn the world havo the fr oms, '•4
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rights,' the full.>tulrurrli a,'. the Peaceful ' oo-enclsten *llhn, ..
neighbours ant •neldhbourin ;autiles-that'. i dians-
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• . `Ifi`lst srintethiJad tothink. about as we°t�aead ntt><:atrtiot rte:
year Something tib consider tong:aid hard. Wo Ca dlans,.
have It so .goo& i(fromaho :danuary 7;'tgA'i SentIn&)
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AMBUN
by fat Uvingston
n honou T y, January
Have you gut those post ..
Ch Maras bleee? Feeling a little_
down and need 4 pickup? Yost
wit join: the millions of others
who suffer depression following
the. end of thehrinstiva season.
Now en to a lightersubject. rid
you know :that Januar* 4, is Trivia„
Day? No, well neither did until '
la t'weee
Now .this re r ` searched'.'
iii .arid low .looting ter ' riviato
deli: our mind 'with;
This#:, m :4Tire. iceyour
foot nas. very :.trio: to-do with your
ah4itY.tOftetat `inti. your mouth.",
brought to .mind this piece of
nonsense. The length of your foot
•.is~usually the latri length as the
distance between your elbow and
wristbone. Try it. = but please, it
is a little easier to bring the arm
down to the foot, rather than vice
vers►. f wouldn't want you to
insure yourself' •
Did you, brow tit. leltlology-
Which is' die :collecting of
postcards , elaimed.to be the
`bird .largest collecting hobby, next
o
'� d coins? � taranps.,uii °
yo'a tel lee how. many._
`Chicken eggs it takes to flirt. one'
osttich egg?• You'l1=need
The Great -a Hereef°`o
ueenlands rt northeastern
Aus' is the mimics .lin est
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at t,
reef. It measures
miles in length.
Ever wor why am onsi
of 12 people? It has been slid ,that
the jury system was begun many
years ago by selecting one juror
from each sign of the' Zodiac to
get •a balanced TePreSentatiOn. And
this is why today's juries consist •
of 1� people. Caul you just
imagine the prosecutingand.
defense attorneys chelang. out the
Zodiac signs of the:jurors?
I'm sure- .ou'r _ _ti g to
imow that tthere were tw.u•biiiion
passenger pigeons in the U.S.. in
1880, but he 'species was 'extinct
by 1914.
This one`makes yoit stop and
.think - The U.S. loses 3.5 'billion
tons of soil through erossion each: .
year. -
This oneis for globe; trotters
when: flying, your body loses
water at twice the normal rate, .
which -barite up to five ounces "; `•
per hour. To avoid dehydration :circ...
a long flight, drink an eight -ounce
glass of water every holt and
dl
ad glass for every cup of . •
coffeeyou'
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sire:-. you sit cl�e ��to the washrooms.
If you've noticed some, of the
rattler large stamps being made
.ir.
these days. yup: witl,.be u a; e
statute
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stamps were issued in Bolivia
between 1763 and 1866 and
.tneasured .31.inch by .37 inch.
It is reported that LH.MacY �, :r:
ornpany,. fir, m New York-Cilry :.
'tsa2bi1ilt gr,ghas est asl gpfeleeres'stwaahereoce Tp
ods .
400, -ite ►s. Wouldn t they :A
havesome Christmas party:
YoieVe heard'people remark r:
'I's ,snow,,."b ,
t too�Gold�to�
enl,
a
statement **incorrect. ' he .amount
•.aa.
of mOsturei the air canleprids
creased with temperature,
and
thus snow amounts 'tend 10
be'
smaller at colder peratures,•but
•nw'matter how cold the
.temperature, air can always hold
enough moisture to.produce snow
when further cooling brings it
below its, saturation. point. ° u_
atar gazers will know t
bit of trivia - it is estima
are 1 Wilke?.trillion stars in'
universe, with 4 visible to
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tom,
naked eyc.
^leelin
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perhaps
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onlyn�! days 'until spring '0 ci•
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' THE PHONE WAS STILL A NOVELTY in l804 when. Thornes' Nast created this Pair of illustrations of a little:
girl "mile* Santa, who °picks up the receiver iii „his toy-and-pac;kage4 fled, .workshdp: A jovial fellow with
i ddy.:'cheeks, capacious belly and white ,beard, MiinksantaiNast's who graced the'pages of Ilii•- r'8 Weekly for .
over 20 yearswas the basis for today's most &unbar linage of St.�Nick .. ,
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°.. TO years o,. . ,• i ltdW essay night a'g .
. January 6.0 1921 hearted : farmer on `thie Boundary
School. notes --The 'School Burd • wok. of, Luekinow 'eft.: hiss New
has come in 'for a measure of ecr . Year'ys dinner, to help si.ra tided
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becauselhe school was• notin motori5" and a'had.:a mi1}rJ� ' h 'lo'.
fldition. to teatopen on Monday, n thick p`ul'ed-on dim. in.returit..
which. . : The motorist, giving his`namefas
w c was the appointed ciaya'e:, , :., . , ,•.: � a �
explanation -is �thatpar`! .orcle d: or :fir.• 4l1ob�n,' statedthat he was
the furn • which w lying ... out, off . gas about .a mile down : the
repaired were e side-ti"rackedmad, and wanted to calla .garage.'
somewhere between here : and. The. generous. farmer, rerdizing. Mie
Toronto and wdre about a wee•iate ° sition he `was in, and 'at such ; .
in ving.: '. . 'hour, played the 'par( of' the Oood
..However, the teaching staff pit tor `..Samaritan. He filled a Oita -gallon..
'work on WednesdaYe the Cont, can:. oft sa,4 and ,went. with : the
tinuationd:, n ce classes fin-: motorist to the,.st ded car where
ding accomrnodat on in the town . he found, another Man `lohind 'the
in the auditooriumm, one in Wheel.
hall° ' one
Council the � and one in the
' Chamber The,, was drained of its.
library. asolino, the saunter Wes stepped on,
The new principal is Miss va . the Motor responded and with 'Ur.
who .., .. ; 'Robertson! e run
. � ..itirig board
:nrtscttt, W o �itnes tram Prescott.. .
Another change occurs in the staff away it wen, tc the amazement of
also, Miss Campbell, of Ripley, : Mr. Farmer, but who was . not too
taking the place of Miss Morton. waked to. take the license ember
194-V.S.
SO years ago:. In „thci!r saddcii dcpanurc they
January 2, 1941" . forgot' 03 even wish the consider
Farrier had fast one pulled on fan ncra Happy New Yet but they
NEL EAIOglBr
vooldbe:'well advised—40 soI
t with •:something, a , little is more
.. substantial to back up •the'greeting,.
before its• 'too 'late.
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. .25 years ago *.
jan ary 5, 4.966' - ••
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Highest temp . on record 'ends
190; hil ire soW - ..
.. rovided.. an'.: unusual.month
weatherwise. ,On tem 1, the .
temperature climbed to S6 dem
•ham and gave, the arca the wartiest
•Deon►ber 31st on record., weather
lecorder J.1 Cry of Lucknow
advised . the entinel that local:°
records go, back to 1887 and only
once did December SI come close,.
.to the mad set this year. In 1936
the temperature soared to •55, 'Otte
depte short of this yrs record .
. high.
Decorated tome were proble.,
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tit. two ludgea =Continuing their
home .tightknit ::and . decorating
contest -this year,Yiow District
Hotticultural: Sec r' •and Luw
Branchof the .i...
Brock Oa>t'md. engion�
$50' s
awarded,
un � • di
.pr}i� =10 txtct'.
homes -over the Christmas' :sewn.
The contest has sparlccd a 1ot .of
enthumsias • ammong: home owners.
over. the.Patfew °years and . h
added. to .the ri tm . atotos p here
.of the "village and , dishpiet °con-
siderably.
10 yeara`agol
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Cordweadtekeeps workscrer
busy.-••-Saturda �-.'s 'Old weather.. iS
b o
.died � r` a • iia. `dt`r outage e
Which
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or cS^ ed early Satinday Morning in
the!village, •Power: was off from
approximately 6. aim, until 8:30
a.m., when an .overloaded fisc blew, ..
at the switches, , which feed' he
..power to' the village from die sub-
station; southpf Lucknow 'on Huron
CountyR
Hydro rcpI`aeed•the°'hut were
unable to get•i`t to hold. They called
the..Lucknow. Works Department to .:.
make switching changes ,in the
village to allow the fuse to hold.
A similar situation occurred
Saturday evening about midnight •
and power was off dosetor two
hours again while Winghn PUC
and the Lucknow Works
Department coritccted the overload
problem. '
The power outage is suspected t
have caused a break in the water
main' at the Bob Street well
' ; Mrs.. keit Chester. and Rev..
lay fif.t unknow judged: the •hotness°`
�n,..thee everting of Wednesday,
December> . ,
,i4ies for the outdoor' durations,
Were $12, $10 and VSA The winners •
were Misses Ada and . Haze
Webster, ulnc Collyer: and Mr. and
Mrs. TedCClcnaghart.
ins for the indeor and wii+dow,
decorations were $9, $7 and
Winners were Rev. Dirk Liever-
dirk, Mi . Kenneth 'Mowbray and
Mrs; less c Stevenson, boundary
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