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The Lucknow Sentinel, 1978-05-03, Page 2Page 2,—Lucknow Sentinel, Wednesday, May 3, 1978 The Luci.now Sentinel LUCKNOW, ONTARIO "The Sepoy Town" On the Huron-Bruuee Boundary Established 1873 - Published Wednesday Published by Signal -Star Publishing Ltd. Robert G. Shrier - president and publisher Sharon J. Dietz - editor Anthony N. Johnstone - advertising and general manager Subscription rate, $10 per year in advance Senior Citizens rate, $8.00 per year in advance U.S.A.. and Foreign, $t4 per year in advance Business and Editorial Office Telephone 528-2822 Mailing Address P.O. Box 400, Lucknow NOG 21-10 Second class mail registration number - 0847 Spring!' Snowdrops, pussywillows, baby duck- lings and iambs. It's spring! The days are longer, and getting up in the morning is easier because the sunshine and daylight have a psychological effect that makes you look forward to the day. Gone is the urge to cover your head with the " covers because it's cold and dark. Humans hibernate in winter like the animals, and spring is a coming out. Housewives hang wash on the -clothes- line and bring in laundry baskets with everything smelling April fresh. The children ride trikes and bikes, play ball, skateboard and skip rope. The winds dry the land and soon the farmers are on the fields. The livestock comes out of the barn -to show off their new born families. The skates, hockey sticks and skis are discarded and out come the tennis rackets, golf clubs and baseball bats. The air is alive with chirping birds, animals sounds, children's laughter and promises to meet after work for a game of golf or tennis. Spring is a renewal and a rebirth. You shake off the sleepy winter doldrums and get going again after the long, lazy winter. The fresh air, warmer tempera- tures and outdoor activities revitalize body and mind and lift the spirit. The earth is waking up and it fills our senses. The colours of- crocuses and bright sunshine; the smell of fresh air; the sounds of birds, animals and children; the touch of balmy breezes and the taste of maple syrup. Spring is here: Every•day is a gift, and another spring is yours. LOOK}NG BACKWARDS THROUGH THE SENTINEL FILES 75 YEARS AGO Council has decided ;to move the village weigh scales from the rear of the Town Hall to Inglis Street near the livery stable which is a more suitable place and also more convenient for the public. Alex McKinnon of the 4th concession, Kinloss, met with a painful accident when a nervous horse he was tying in the stable suddenly pulled back and his left hand, being caught in the loop of " the halter shank, the third finger was torn completely off and the ends of the second and fourth fingers were crushed. The annual Wingham District meeting of the Methodist church is to be had in Lucknow on May 20. An hour is to be spent discussing ;the John Wes1cy bi-centennial celebration which -comes on June 28. • Mrs. Wm. Mallough of Dun- gannon had the misfortune to fall and severely injure her hip last week; it was only a day or two before the mishap that the couple celebrated `their 60th wedding anniversary. A number of farmers gathered at the Laurier manse last Friday afternoon and sowed some oats for the Rev. Miller. T. Tod.d's engine from Crew has been placed in the St. Helens mill and works very nicely. They have now about 40 horse 'power and can do sawing and chopping quite easily. If we cannot get an electric road in these parts, we have about as good, as far as hauling timber is concerned. During the past weeks. R. McGuire has been drawing logs to Lucknow` with, his heavy traction engine. Four wagons make the train and he can draw about 3000 feet, with apparent ease. This is quite a saving to horses. 50 YEARS AGO W 1 A public meeting is to be held in the Council chamber on May 4 to consider the matter of holding a Dominion Day celebration in Lucknow July 1st. A new weigh scales is being installed at St. Helens and will be ready for use this week. A sheep shearing demonstra- tion for the benefit of the sheep club, was held at Cecil Johnston's in Mafeking on Tuesday, by Mr. Howard who is accompanied in this work by Mr. Patterson, cpunty agricultural representative from Clinton. Nettie Cottle, Whitechurch, has gone to Evanston, near Chicago, where she has a nursing position in a hospital. In Langside area, Whitfield Scott has purchased a new Ford Touring, George Tiffin a Chevro- let Roadster and Tom Morrison a Ford Speeder. Eli McNamara, Ashfield, , has sold his farm and intends to reside in Detroit. Elliott Burns who has been in Windsor andDetroit, is spending this week at home, before leaving for Arizona where he will be employed ' with an undertaking establishment. Walter Craw who has . just ,d his first year in Theology left on Monday dor. New Sarapta, Alberta, about 50 miles south of Edmonton, where he will be engaged in home mission work throughout the summer. 25 YEARS AGO District officials of the associa- tion of Lions Clubs were in town to attend a Clansmen meeting to determine the possibility of organizing a Lions Club in Lucknow. Of late, the Clansmen have not been very active, although they are presently engaged in promoting thetuber- culosis x-ray clinic and are canvassing the area on behalf of this project. There are those who feel the Clansmen can be rejuvenated and resume the energetic service and civic work it has undertaken in the past. Some favour affiliation with a service club *uch as Lions and it was intimated at the meeting that there are those outside the Clansmen Club who would like to see a service club organized. The trout season opened on Friday with dismal weather and the results were from fair to poor. Ken Chester made one good strike, a 19 -inch . beauty that tipped the scale at 2 pounds. George Whitby, . undaunted by- the weather, plied the streams, and got a nice catch that reached the day's quota of 1S. Youngsters who will be starting school next fall will be introduced to the new experience at after- noon classes on May 8 and May 22. • Monday was the regular meet- ing of the Lucknow Fire Company when the Brigade turned out to man several lines of hose and give Campbell Street a thorough washing. • Bailie Stothers, formerly of Ashfield, has been appointed head of an export office being set up in Detroit by the Kelvinator Company. Owing to the wet weather seeding operations have been retarded for some time. 04czea Tflemozy by D.A. Campbell . When the last vestige of the world of Angus disappears under, the advancing tide of the city, I shall still have a few faded photographs to rekindle the embers of memory. The warmth of nostalgia brings back only the happy days - the joys of my children in the springtime of life, when everything was fresh and evergreen, On Friday nights we would drag out the old bath tub and bathe the kids in soft rain water, collected in. a tank under. the kitchen. In the warm evenings of summer, bath night was a joyous occasion to be celebrated outdoors - all splashes and laughter, with naked little bodies chasing each other around the lawn. We had so little in those days, and yet we had so much! It was Friday when I first arrived at the "Hungry Hundred", not to farm but to find cheap lodgings. I was to board there until I had saved enough money to pay for my family's sea passage from the old country. To me, a stranger, it was a harsh, cold environment - life in the raw, totally different to what I had imagined and foreign to my, previous existence. Thrift was a byword in the `household of Angus and there was only one room with heat - the kitchen. The cast iron cookstove fueled by hardwood, was a highly appreciated luxury, which a person was loath to leave for the cold, sparsely furnished bedrooms upstairs. Fora long time after my arrival, I reflected bitterly on the madness which had' caused me to resign the King's Commission and seek a more challenging life in a new country. Many times i doubted my ability to replace the life of a professional soldier with a bat- tered typewriter. Clearly (at that time) I belonged to a different .life style, where gentlemen dressed for dinner' in the Officers' Mess, and were accompanied by ladies in flowing gowns. I thought often of the glitter of. silver on highly polished oak, white linen, gourmet food and wine. I had just started my evening meal, having arrived late from the newspaper office. There was cold pork, some warmed up potatoes, homemade pickles and bread. Friday night was also the night when Angus at- tended. the "meeting" - I never did discover where it took place,or for what purpose. Unknown to meat that moment, it was also a night for -bathing and 'dressing up for this important occasion. Angus pulled the old bath tub in front of the stove and d'Ithough 1 sensed my pending embarrassment i pretended not to notice. Nevertheless, I seriously considered vacating the kitchen and taking my humble meal with me. It was a toss up between my dignity and the warmih of the stover Comfort overruling my predicament, i stayed put for the free performance. He made several trips to the soft water \pump and carried buckets of water which he poured into, the bath. Then he added hot water from a curious collection of utensils which had occupied the entire top surface of the stove. Sitting precariously on a broken stool, he unlaced his barn -stained. boots and let them drop to the floor. Some well darned socks followed. • 'He unbuckled his belt, unzipped his zipper, and his trousers and longjohns fell around his ankles. Pulling them off, he kicked them aside. -His shirt and un- dervest he purled over his head as one piece and tossed them carelessly on top of his other abandoned garments, He was naked! His brown face, neck, hands and,' forearms were accentuated against his white, blue veined skin. There was a mark of an old war wound on his ab- domen -. a scar of knotted flesh. He heaved aepainful leg over the side of the bath and dipped his toes into the water. Satisfied with the temperature, he withdrew his foot and turned and faced me as if oblivious to my -embarrassment. To this day, I rally believe he had intended this exhibition to be my baptism into the new life _ as if he. had to cut through the Limey snobbery which l had brought. like an unwanted disease into his house. At that moment, his eyes seemed to be bluer than at any time I. can remember. I could have been mistaken, but it seemed as though I detected an impish twinkle a sort of "how does this grab you" kind of look. - He jerked his head in a way he always did in a moment of triumpl?. "I'm gonna have a bath" he said "Guess you won't be eatin` Me!" Correction Last week's Sentinel editorial was in error when it indicated that the dog catcher had already started working in the village. The ..dog 'catcher who will be working in Lucknow 'could not impound dogs until after April 28 so, as yet, there have been no results from the dog control system initiated by the county. The dog catcher, however, has been in the village checking on dogs that run loose about town and has been warning owners that after Apill 28 their dog will be impounded if he is found running loose.