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The Lucknow Sentinel, 1987-01-14, Page 4Page 4—Lucknow Sentinel, Wednesday, January 14, 1987 .elf:. .. P.O. Box 400, Luckngw NOG 2H0 Established 1873 BLUE RIBBON AWARD PAID Thomas Thompson -Advertising Manager Subscription rates in advance: Alan Rivett -Editor '17.0" Outside Canada 560.00 Pat Livingston General Manager S14.00 Outside Canada s58.00 Senior Citizen Second class mailing reg. no. 0847 4 Advertising is accepted on the condition that in the event of a typographical error, the portion of the advertising space occupied by the erroneousjtem together with a reasonable allowance for signature, will not be charged for, but the balance of the advertisement will be paid at the applicable rates. Put good intention to use make 19.87 smoke-free It's time to put your good intentions and New Year's resolutions into full gear by living up to your commitment to stop smoking. January 15 to, 21, 1987 is N tional Non -Smoking Week. Follow these basic principles to help you kik the habitand start on the road to a smoke-free lifestyle. Motivation:- It's the key to any goal. You must want to quit for yourself - not for your friends, not for your family. Analyse:- Find out which situations make you crave a cigarette, write them down and look for a pattern. Imagine:- Think of yourself as a non-smoker: healthy and smoke-free. Support:- Enlist the aid of your family and friends. Talk to your doc- tor; he may recommend a smoking cessation aid, nicotine chewing gum, to help you cope with your community for smoking cessation programs offered, by local health agencies. Planning:- Stay away 'from situations you associate with smoking such as parties or bars. Not forever - just for now. Activity:- Keep active. Take up a new hobby or rediscover an old one to take your mind off cigarettes. Live:- Continue to eat normally and consider starting an exercise pro- gram to help ovoid weight gain. Substitute:-- a bowl of low calorie snacks nearby. When you crave a cigarette, substitute a carrot stick, chew sugarless gum or have a diet drink insteadf a high -calorie snack. Reprogram:- Break the habit! If coffee signals cigarettes, switch to tea . An after diner cigarette? Go for a shall in the moonlight instead! Be optimistic: -Quitting is a process, not an event. If you slip up, don't get, discouraged, try again! Did you watch the tractor pull? The big event in Lucknow last sum- mer finally made its way to the small screen. Last Friday, probably most of Lucknow and area saw Don Gordon of Mississauga make his dream come true on CTV's Thrill of a Lifetime which chronicled his day at the Lucknow Tractor Pull. It was quite a sight at the time to see one man's lifelong dream come true. Andit was equally exciting to witness it on the show, to see his reaction when he first learned he wo d be behind one of the big -engined tractors. He was a man in shock - but a happy kind of shock. He was like a kid with a new toy, sitting behind the machine, waiting with anxious anticipation for his mo- ment on the track - to "turn it loose," revving the engine to the limit of its power. However, The tractor pull segment made an amazingly short appearance on the show. I was expecting maybe 15 minutes worth of seeing the unfolding of Mr. Gordon's dream, but what ap- peared was far short of my expectations. Imagine, all the preparations, the behind -the -scenes work, the actual' ALAN day's filming at the Lucknow Tractor Pull and all the work by Mrs. Gordon to get her husband to the pull without him becoming suspicious, amounted tom about six minutes of segment. Otherwise, it was definitely worth the time to tune in. Did you pick out anyone inthe crowd. who made a "cameo" ap- pearance on Thrill of a Lifetime/ I noticed Mr. Reavie several times giv- ing the "all clear" sign with the flags, and one of the Courtney boys from this area marking the length of the pull. I thought I saw myself once, when they pictured a fellow with a camera and a Blue Jays cap. Alas, it turned out to be one of the many avid shutterbugs at the tractor pull. Oh well, I guess some of us unlucky souls who had visions of being seen on national television will have to write a letter of our own to Thrill of a Lifetime. A member of the Lion's Head North Stars moves up the ice followed by Lucknow Lancers centre Allan Eadie during a game in Lucknow on January 11. The Lancers came up with a good effort to beat Lion's Head 7-5 in th, penalty -filled contest. (Alan Rivett photo) 70 years ago January 18, 1917 Huron Battalion have Jolly Christmas - Rev. G.K. Fairfull, formerly of Clinton, now overseas as chaplain of the 161st . Huron Battalion, writes. the Sentinel the following interesting letter: Dear Mr. Editor: When it was announced to the battalion after church parade on Christmas morn- ing that dinner would be "served" at 11:30 - all officers to be present - it goes without saying that every man "sat up and took notice." For, at that time, the men of the battalion were to be the guests of the of- ficers for dinner. Some dinner, believe me, and some scene! Just try and imagine, if you can, Lieut.- Col. Combe, Major Heaman, Capt. Vanstone, Major Shaw, Capt. McTaggart and Capt. Town all armed with a carving knife and fork and struggling with a turkey, and some 500 men waiting 'to be ,Served. For once the men gave orders and the officers were on parade. The officers, who were not carving, were flitting about from table to table with plates of turkey, etc. - and generous plates at that - and then it went to turkey to Christmas pudding. ...Did we have enough/ Well, we had enough to begin with, but I can assure you that when the "Huron's got finished" there was not much of the 600 pounds of turkey left, and as little of the 600 pounds of Christmas pudding. 50 years ago January 14, 1937 Aim to check spread of Scarlet Fever Epidemic - Just north of the village there is a local epidemic of Scarlet Fever, affec- ting several patients and necessitating the closing of SS No. 7 school house at the se- cond concession. An effort is being made to preiPent the spread of the ailment, and to aid in this, the Sentinel has been asked to publish the following article: "Scarlet Fever is caused by a. germ which lodges usually in the nose and throat. The germs. are expelled from the nose and throat in coughing, sneezing, and forcible talking. The germs may live for some time in the saliva on the hands, dishes, spoons, etc., and thus spread to another person from these if they are not disinfected by boilinu. Why go to Florida? - That is a question that .might easily be asked as this district enjoys days of bright sunshine, with dust flying and a complete absence of snow - a rare condition with January at the half way mark. Winds are a bit raw, however, but the temperature never drops far below the freezing point. 25 years ago January 17, 1962 Open $95,000 Holyrood School.- Despite a battle with the weatherman for two weeks in a row, Kinloss Central Public School was literally "bursting at the seams" with interested ratepayers and visitors at the official opening of the new $95,000 school at Holyrood on Friday night. Icy road condi- tions the Friday previous had necessitated the postponing of the opening for one week, and the board members were in doubt again on Friday last whether the weather would let them proceed. Heavy snow all day did not prevent a capacity crowd from attending, and' no doubt if the opening had been in the sum- mer, the building would not have held the attendance. One hundred chairs were originally set up in the assembly room where the program was held. An addi- tional number were added, and the halls and classrooms of the building were well filled in addition to this., Lucknow airman obtains promotion - The promotion of flying officer Lloyd Henderson, 42, of Lucknow, to the rank of flight lieutenant, has been announced by Air Division Headquarters. Born in Kinloss Township and educated in Lucknow, he joined the RCAF in 1940 and has served in the RCAF in the mobile equipm nt trade for more than two decade wip SENTINEL 10 years ago January 19,1977 "Race with Stork" - Eric Exel of Kinloss Township would tell you that "Lightning sometimes does stike twice in the same place Eric was involved wi is second "race with the stork" earl Monday morning during a fierce winter ow storm that had most area roads blocked with visibility at zero much of the time. One year ago, January 22nd, 1976, Eric transported his wife Nikki by snowmobile from their 4th of Kinloss farm to Whitechurch where she was transported by car to Wingham and District Hospital and gave birth to their fourth child, Lori Ann. No doubt Eric e4ected this would be a once in a lifetime experience for him, but early Monday morning, he found he was on a similar mission in the storm, this time with the expectant wife of a neighbor.