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The Lucknow Sentinel, 1978-02-01, Page 2• PAGE TWO. LUCI NOW SENTINEL, Lx c* ow, ONTARIO, The Lucknow Senuinel L,iLCKNOW, ONTARIO "The Sepoy Town" On. the Huron -Bruce Boundary Established 1873 - Published Wednesday Published by Signal -Star Publising Ltd. Robert' G. Shrier, - president and publisher A Sharon J. Dietz editor Anthony N. Johtrstone - general manager Subscription rate, $10 per year in advance Senior Citizens rate, $8.00 per year in advance U.S.A. and Foreign, $14 per year in advance • Business and.Editorial Office Telephone 528-2822 Mailing Address P. 0. Box 400, Lucknow NOG 2H0 Second class mail registration number - 0847 It's your community centre The Lucknow, and District Commun- ity Centre will be to the Lucknow Dist- rict what its name implies - a centre for the community. The four municipal- ities of West Wawanosh, ' Ashfield, Kinloss and Lucknow will maintain and support the centreand all municipalities will have the 'facilities of the centre available to them. The'Lucknow,and District Lions Club spearheaded • the project but the community centre .will- :belong to the ,entire community and the people of the community should think of it .as theirs. The project was • initiated amid controversey that the area does, .not require such a facility because the town has the •Lucknow Legion and the Lucknow District ' Arena for; its various. community and social activities. The capacity at the Legion its only 180 people and the arena is unsuitable for. some functions because it is only warm in July and August and the atmosphere is improper for some events. - Largerweddings are family gather- ings which have to be taken: out of the community to Wingham, Saltford or Ripley because the Legion's capacity is too small and the arena inappropriate. The Lucknow Legion will still serve a vital service to the community for ' the events it hash sed in the past. Should two events' Manned on the same evening the booking committee of one facility will have a list of the bookings at the.other so that two special events will not be planned for the same evening. Last year the Agricultural Society's 75 YEAR'S AGO Bruce County Council appoint- ed Mr. R. Watt as warden. the prospects are bright, if the traditions that surround Ground- hog day can be counted upon, •for' any early hog or wood cluck, whatever it may be, could not see his shadow until late in the afternoon. He has, therefore determined to forsake his hole for the winter, which is a sign that spring cannot be far off. The sudden death of Miss Irene Armstrong, graduate of the London Conservatory of Music and , a native of London, was a severe shock to the many friends of the family in: Lucknow, She had, unsual ability as a musician ant' Mr. W. C. Barron,, principal of the Conservatory, found in her a pianist of great promise. ' At eighteen years of age, she was 'one of the most highly 'esteemed and accomplished young ladies of our village and her death has cast. crowning of the Fall Fair. Queen was held on the same night as a Leo Ciub dance and neither could be held at the 'Legion because it was already booked for the monthly Legion dance., - Should an organization be considering a booking they would be informed that another group was already holding an event which might interfere . with the turn out if they held their event the same night. There is no evidence that the Community Centre will interfere with r.onthly dances at the Legion because there have been occasions when two or more events were planned and held in the town' on the same weekend in the past. Thenew community centre will be an alternative facility for an event and will especially . lend, itself to •the larger gathering that finds the Legion too confined or the arena inappropriate. The Fund raising campaign deserves the supportof the peopleof West Wawanosh, Kinloss, Ashfield and Lucknow because the four communities will benefit from the services of the facility. The lottery is an excellent means of 'donatting to the campaign and with the odds of winning a thousand dollars being 1 in 28, . the side benefits are attractive. Support your Community Centre. Buy a ticket and get in on the weekly draw for $1,000.00. Or give as you• can when the canvassers blitzthe town and townships, next week. LOOKING BACKWARDS THROUGH THE SENTINEL FILES a gloom of sadness over the whole community. The party mho took a robe from a cutter in Cain's shed on Tuesday night of last week, is advised to return it at once to the Cain House and save further trouble. As the party was seen taking the robe, and it is is not returned after this notice, the matter 'wilt be given to the ,magistrate. News from Kintail: The ice on the lake has broken up: Local News: Hockey to -night, Lucknow and Kincardine. Don't fail to see the game. . Monday last was Candlemas Day. Brand and shorts for sale at Agar & Earls. One of the best games of the season to -night: . The Lenten season begins on kebruary 26th. Every' lover of hockey should go to the rink tonight,. If this weather doesn't suit, just wait around a few minutes, as the weather " man is sure to send another kind. , The banana peel is supposed to be slippery but it takes second place when :compared to the granolithic pavements in winter time. 50 YEARS AGO ' W. J. MacKay, reeve of Huron Township was elected warden of Bruce County. The reeve of Brant Township, Mr. Willoughby, was eliminated. There is, every year, a keen interst for -the wardenship, and'plans are ,laid and combina- tions made several years ahead. It's all donne; on the `,!you -help -me-- and' I'll-help-yo`u plan. The marl who won't adopt that planivon't get there, that's all. Pioneer of West Wawanosh buried here. k • . The funeral here -on Monday afternoon of the late Thomas Somerville recalled to many in rfrr • WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 1,1978 Dear Editor: In the past, reporters' of our 17— local paper have done an, excel- lent job in reporting activities in the schools, classes and workshop of the mentally handicapped. 'We, the Board of the Wingham and District Association for the Ment- ally Retarded, and also the teachers are very happy and pleased to see the local paper coming out in such a positive way to give the public a glimpse at what we are doing. In past years, the government has paid' the bulk of our operating 'costs: But we rely still heavily on our local people who have their hearts in the right ,place: We; the Board of our A.M'.R, meet every month and make available some of our time to serve the A.M.R., and the mentally e handicapped. We are responsible ' for raising 13% of the total cost for the Silver Circle Nursery, and by, September we have to come up with 20% of the total cost for the operation of the Jack Reavie Opportunity Workshop. The money needed is between $12,000 and $15,000,. which has to come from donations and fund-raising projects. We have to go into a workshop program • :or"iclose down. The A.M.R.. Board has decided to go ahead with the program, but we cannot survive without the help of the public. We need about $10,000 over and above the government grant for the first year. (That is the.20%). But most important, we need work for the mentally handicapped adults to do in the workshop. We have a high calibre' of teachers, Our. workshops across Ontario in many cases are self-sufficient.- In other words, they do not need any public funding. We can achieve this in Wingham also. Perhaps you have; or know someone who has work which can be done by our people. Please let its know. In the meantime, we would like you to give generous financial sup - porta You can give Bill Stephen- son, our untiring, hardworking fund-raising chairman a call, or drop your donation in Box 726, Wingham. ' ° If anyone is interested, I would like to organize a trip to the South Huron Workshop at Dashwood. We are invited to tour their very successful workshop there. This would be quite an' eye-opener for many, as to the ability of our mentally. handicapped. Lucknow and the St. ° Helens district the early days when North Huron and South Bruce were still —"The Queen's Bush", ,clearing operations were in full swing and civilized conditions . were slowly developing in the primeval forest. In days now forgotten by the generation which now occupies the stage of business life, the late Mr. Somerville was an enterpris- ing and active business man in this part. Twenty years ago, when he had already passed the allotted span of three score years and ten, he went to make his home with his daughter, Mrs. Matthews, in Cargill where he died last Friday, ''"One of the oldest residents of Kinloss Township passed away on Monday, January 23rd, --in ,.-the person of Ann Munro, widow of the late Adam MacDonald. On the 9th day of May 1862 she married Adam ' MacDonald and CONTINUED ON PAGE 22 Also, if you would like to become a member of our associa- CONTINUED ON PAGE 22 Changin arvest BY AUBREY HIGGINS I saw a man cradling wheat, Each step and swing was true, This was his method of cutting grain, The only one he knew. He laid it down so evenly, The line correct and straight, Step by step he reached. again And" never changed his gait. \ He never stopped to wipe his brow, .. His shirt was wringing wet. This was the Method of cutting grain, And that was honest sweat. Then, raking it into bundles, And tying it with some straw, Ignoring the ants and bees and " flies Was his wife out helping, Pa. And when that wheat was gathered in, There was not a single blade That was not -securely fastened Into the sheaves she . had made. Then came • the horse drawn reaper With it's long sweeping arms. That it did the cutting faster, Was about its' only charms. Then progress invented the binder, Which tied the sheaves with twine; _ And carried them on a carrier And setthem down in line. These were carefully stood on end. Leaning the heads together, To let them dry outin the sun, And protect them from the weather. Not until this was' gathered in And stored carefully in the barn Did the farmer feel that he could sit Without doing any harm. • There was one more eventful day, The day the threshers came, When all the neighbouring men around - Came to help, but not for gain. Then someone thought of the combine The swather was needed too, To let the grain dry evenly And -not clog up the shoe. Now they have those big mach- ines, Fifty thousand or -more. An amount the man with the cradle Had never heard of before, An those machines are self propelled And generate their own power. The cab is always fully equipped, With everything but a shower. They have air conditioned luxury,. Deep padded cushions too. All there is, is a little switch, A pedal, and a lever or two. They have a radio, heater, and intercom, What has the farmer t� do, But sit up there in their Sunday best, And wait until the payments come due.