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The Lucknow Sentinel, 1978-09-20, Page 4Page 4 Lucknow Sentinel, Wednesday, September 20, 1978 The Lucknow Sentinel LUCKNOW, ONTARIO "The Sepoy Town" On the Huron -Bruce Boundary Established 1873 - Published Wednesday Published by Signal -Star Publishing Ltd. Robert G. Shrier - president and publisher Sharon J. Dietz - editor Antony 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, $14 per year in advance Business and Editorial Office Telephone 528-2822 Mailing Address P.O. Box 400, Lucknow NOG 2H0 Second class mail registration number - 0847 The fair The Lucknow Agricultural Society has the weather man in their back pocket, if only they could be so lucky with that shrewd lady of fate. The fair has not been rained out for 13 years straight and this year was a perfect day with warm temperatures, sunshine and blue skies. But as fate would have it, something went wrong. Last year it was no midway for the children and this year the star performer for the big night of entertainment had car trouble and never made it to the fa.i.r. Eleanor Townsend, the former Eleanor Reed of Dungannon and Canadian Ladies Fiddle Champion, was to highlight the Saturday evening entertainment at the Lucknow District Community Centre. In anticipation of her fantastic performance, a capacity crowd was in attendance and then the wait for her arrival. The program proceeded without her and a report . of car trouble dampened the spirit of the evening. Despite their minor setbacks, the Lucknow Agricultural Society has provided.a fall fair in the true down home style of a country fair. And in an age of . men on the moon and supersonic jets, people still come home for the fair to enjoy a day of home on the farm fun and hospitality. The Lucknow Fall Fair is becoming one of the best in the area as towns and villages throughout the neighbouring counties lose their fairs. Wingham and Goderich in our immediate area no longer have a fair and yet, Lucknow's continues to grow. It says something about our community and the lifestyle we have Chosen, that our fair is -supported with increasing numbers of entries and larger crowds attending each year. A great part of the enthusiasm comes from the hard work and determinationof the Lucknow Agricultural Society who strive to put on the best fair possible; an enthusiasm which is reflected in the youngsters on their decorated bicycles, the exhibits in the elementary section, the keen competition in all judging categories and participation in the fun of log sawing, tug of war and wheel barrow racing. It starts With the tiny ones entered in the baby show, whose parents have come home from St. Thomas and Ingersoll for the fair and runs through to the oldest lady and man at the fair and at the young ages of 90 and 93. A quality of our life in this community would be lost if Lucknow was ever to lose its • fair. A bouquet this week to the Lucknow Agricultural Society .and may they always have the support to keep up the good work. We look forward to the fairs to come. LOOKING BACK THROUGH THE SENTINEL FILES 75 YEARS AGO The preparations for the great fall show in Liicknow on Thursday and Friday, October 1 and 2, are all -completed, and if the weath- er is favourable we expect the largest crowd and the best show that has ever been held in the village. We regret to learn that Ja- mes Forster arrived in Lon- don last week too late to have his splendid team of heavy draught horses shown at the Western Fair. The judging of the heavy teams was done only a few minutes before he got to the grounds. Culhane, Chase and West- on's big city minstrels will be the attraction at the Town Hall of Lucknow for Satur- day, September 26. Without a doubt the. biggest and best minstrels on the road, they have eight funny endmen, ten dancers, ten comedians and a big double quartette. The guaranteed show - if not the best ever in your town, get your money back. E. Pauline Johnston, in her unique and , beautiful costume recitals accompan- ied by W. McRaye, in his impersonations of the . ` `habi- tans" of French Canada, will appear in the Lucknow Town Hall on Friday, October 2. Ed Purvis of the firm of Purvis Bros., of the 1st concession of Kinloss, while at the Toronto Fair, purch- ased the first prize shearing ram from W. A. Smith of,„, Maple Grove stock farm. - 50 YEARS AGO All arrangements are com- pleted for the Lucknow Fall Fair on September 27 and 28, Thursday and Friday of next week. The skating rink which is used for the inside exhibit has been reshingled so that, in the event of rain, every- -,thing will be dry and in good condition. It may not be amiss to direct the attention of school boards and school teachers to the School Drill competition. A horse-shoe pitching tournament, such as attracted so much attention last year, will be a feature of Friday afternoon. Kenny MacDonald of Kin- loss lost his Chev. touring car in a very few minutes last Thursday night, a few miles west of Lucknow. A couple of Lucknow lads had run out of gasoline while motoring home from Kincardine. Mac- Donald undertook to draw some gasoline from his tank to be transferred to the tank of the stalled' Ford. It was a good time to have smoke and one of the lads struck a match. The atmosphere had become charged, with gas and in an instant the gasoline was on fire. It took only a few minutes to reduce all that was combustible of the car to ashes. MacDonald, who was under the gas tank when the flash occurred had one of his hands rather badly burned. The Ford was far enough away to escape the conflagra- tion. Dr. William John Smith, a native of Ripley, and for a number of years a practising physician there, died on Monday of this week in St. Michael's Hospital. Dr. Smith had suffered terrible injuries in a motor accident on labour Day when the car he was riding in was hit by a railway engine at a Brantford level crossing. The son of Mrs. Smith and the late 'Robert Smith he had practis- ed in Ripley until nine years ago. After takinga post- graduate course in England he went to Brantford and in partnership with Dr. F. Van- derlip enjoyed a large pract- ice. He is survived by his wife and two children. 25 YEARS AGO A two car crash on Letters to the editor To the Editor: On reading your article re education fees and transpor- tation to F. ' E. Madill in Wingham, I would like to point out that it was rpy third son, Lloyd, who began Grade IX at F. E. Madill. In 1972, not David as stated in your article. (It didn't take David from 1972 - 1978 to complete his.educa- tion). In 1973 when the children entering _Grade X were changed to Kincardine High School my son attended for less than one week, and finding that he did not enjoy the education system there he returned to Wingham. I was asked to show my assessment paid to the Huron portion of Bruce ,and finding it to be over $5000 he was allowed to continue. In 1974 my fourth son, David, attended F. E. Madill and no problem resulted. The boys continued to attend school each year and the bus continued to pick them up. In 1977 my daughter Lois started her education at the same school. No problem was encountered until Feb- ruary 1978 ' when I was informed that a mistake had been made and that I would have to pay tuition for David and Lois for the education year 1977-1978. It appears to me, that any school board who takes from the year 1973 to • 1978 to decide that my ' assessment was not great enough to allow my children to attend , F. E. Madill, then I feel that the sooner this school board is replaced with one who can run our area education system efficiently; and who would not have to save money by depriving the children of the 10th conces- sion, with a bus route that would cost no more to them than re-routing a bus to the Kiri'cardine school on to the 16th. Several people have asked me, "Who our local repres- entative is and why he has not helped our cause?", when he should understand the area, and explain to the people in charge of transpor- tation, the more suitable routing of the bus down the 10th. At this time I'd like to ask an open question to our board and its representative; "What does our education taxes pay for, in reference to the families who pay tuition privately to the Huron Board in the sum of $200 per school year, per child?" 1 Yours faithfully, \Ernest Hanna. To the Editor: Editor's note: Eldon Lowry of Ripley sent the following column written by Ann Landers and asked thatit be reprinted for the interest of our readers and especially parents. Dear Ann Landers: A long time ago you printed some rules for parents to live by. They were written by boys who were in a reform school and I sure would like to see them in your column again. I can't remember them any- more but I hope you can. Thanks for trying - DUKE IN WATERTOWN, S.D. Dear Duke: You are refer- ring to Rev. C. Galea, who was assigned to Guelph Cor- rectidnal Centre. He asked the boys to think about their lives and figure out why they ended up in an institution for delinquents. It was the boys who drew up a Code for Parents. Here it is: 1. Keep cool. Don't lose your temper in the crunch. Keep the lid on when thins go wrong. Children are great imitators. 2. Don't get strung out from too much booze or too many pills. When we see our parents reaching for those crutches we get the idea that it's perfectly OK to go for a bottle or a capsule when things get heavy. We lose respect fast for parents who tell us to behave one way while they are behaving another way. 3. Bug us a little. Be strict and consistent in dishing out discipline. Show us who's boss. It gives us a ' feeling of security to know we've got some strong supports under us. 4. Don't blow your class. Keep the dignity of parent- hood. Stay on that pedestal. Your children have put you there because they need someone to look up to. Don't try to dress, dance or talk like your kids. You embarrass us and you look ridiculous. 5. Light a candle. Show us the way. Tell us God is not dead, or sleeping or on vacation. We need to believe in something bigger and stronger than ourselves. 6. Scare the hell out of us. If you catch us lying, stealing, or being cruel get tough. Let us know why what we did was wrong. Impress on us the importance of not repeat- ing such behaviour. When we need punishment, dish it out. But let us know you still love us, even though we have let you down. It'll make us think twice before we make the same move again. 7. Call our bluff. Make it .clear that you mean what you say. Don't be wishy-washy. Don't compromise. Arid do- n't be intimidated by our threats to drop out of school or leave home. Stand firm. If you collapse, we will know we beat you down and we will not be happy about the 8, Be honest with us. Tell the truth no matter what. And be straight -arrow about it. Lukewarm answers make highway 86, three miles east of Lucknow, resulted in five persons being rushed to Wingham Hospital. Five members of the Ed Baker family and Tom Morrison, garage operator, of White- church wore involved in the crash. Mr. Baker is suffering from a skull fracture and the other members of his family suffered cuts and bruises. Mr. Morrison suffered frac- tured ribs and chest injuries. The wedding of Shirley Doreen England of Lucknow and Richard Ross of Brussels had to be postponed on Saturday as the groom underwent an emergency appendectomy that morning. With Lucknow's 88th an- nual Fall Fair set for next Tuesday and Wednesday, September 29 and 30, a well attended directors' meeting was held on Monday to finalize plans for what. shap- es up as being an outstand- ing show. The Wingham Hospital Board has aroused consider- able resentment according to some comments which are to be heard. A surcharge of $1.50 (minimum) per day will be charged to all patients admitted to Wingham Gener- al who have not subscribed to the present new addition. • us uneasy. We can smell uncertainly a mile away. This means being generous with praise. If you give us kids a few compliments once ina while we will be able to accept criticism more readi- ly. We want you to tell it like it is. - FROM A READER WHO LOVES KIDS. Dear Reader: Thank you for your generous contribution to this space. The young lawbreakers who put togeth- er this guide for parents did a splendid job. And my warm regards to Rev. Galea. I can see why the' kids love and respect him. Obviously he has a way of bringing out the best in them. Mon., Sept. 12, 1978, Mount Forest, Ontario. Dear Editor: The Centennial Committee of the Town of•Mount Forest, Ontario feels that there may be some of your readers who have lived in our town at some time. Or may have friends or relatives who have done so. Because we want to reach as many of these people as possible to invite them to our centennial festiv- ities in '79 we are hoping you will .publish this letter and help us reach them. The main events will centre around the week of June 29 to July 7 with the monster centennial parade on Monday, July 2. Anyone wishing to be on the list of . invitations can notify Mrs. Annabelle Langdon, Mount Forest, Ontario, NOG 2L0. - We would like to thank you for helping , us reach former area residents through your newspaper. Yours truly, Mrs. Jean Weber, Centennial Chairwoman.