The Lucknow Sentinel, 1978-10-04, Page 4•
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The Lucknow Sentinel:
UCKNOW, ONTARIO
"The Sepoy Town" .
On the Duron -Brace 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
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Mailing Address P.O. Box 400, Lucknow, NOG 2H0
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Hope and promise
The death of Pope John Paul I after a brief
reign of only 34 days has shocked and
saddened the many who were touched by the
simple man witn the smile that captured the
heart of the world
He brought joy, love and wit to the papacy
and there was such hope and promise for the
years of his reign as spiritual leader of the
world's MO million Roman Catholics:
His reign was one of the briefest 'in rricldertt
times. But tn the short time he was given to
us, John Paul touched the world, Catholic
and non-Catholics alike. •
From the `moment he stepped forward Oh •
St. Peter's Balcony to give his first blessing
as thenew pope, he changed the image of the
papacy. The impact die made makes it..
impossible for the church to ever elect a coed,
aloof pontiff again.
The enthusiastic "Papa, Luciani"rode to
his mainland _parishes -on a bicycle.'
He once
sold his own ecclesiastical jewels to give to
the poor and instructed his priests to do.
likewise.
On being elected pope, he dispensed with
the normal pomp and and splendour of a
papal coronation choosirig a simple outdoor
ceremony in St. Peter's Square. He refused
the triple crown and enthronement on the
chair of St. Peter. Instead, he saidmass as
the Bishop of the people of Rome.
A simple man, he once said of himself, "I
am only a poor man, accustomed ,to, small
things 'and silence." -
The cardinals chose a man who would be a
pastor but in. his brief reign John Paul proved
himself more. He brought joy, love and hope
with simplicity and a heart full of love for the
little people. He once said "the church's real
treasurers are the poor,_,the little ones."
His Sunday noon blessings of the crowd in
St. Peter's square were informal and
conversational with witty references to his
own thoughts. His Vatican audiences were
like fireside chats' spiced with personal
anecdotes and he regularly broke up the
pilgrims with his one-liners.
He
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He , used the personal "i" during his
balcony appearances and vatican audiences
instead of .the formal "we" - used by his
predecessors. He explained his casual
approach saying he tried to explain by word
the way a parish religious instructor would
do.
Thisk principle led him to write, the witty
intuitive • Tetters to illustrious ' people -
including Pinnochio, Charles Dickens, Mark
Twin and Jesus.
John Paul was pope only a short time but
he changed the style of the papacy so that it
can never be the same again. He was an
exartipleof what a -pope could and should be.
The man is gone but the impression he
ade will remain.
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LOOKING BACK
THROUGH THE SENTINEL FILES,
75 YEARS AGO
The fall fair of the Kinloss
Branch Agricultural Society
on Thursday and Friday was
one of the best shows held by
the society. Despite the wet
and disagreeable weather on
Thursday, the inside depart -
'meat was well filled and the
large hall presented a good
appearance. A very pleasing
feature of the fair, and one
that afforded a great deal of
pleasure and amusement to
the large crowds that visited
the hall on Friday afternoon,
was the splendid phono-
graphic concert given by J.
B. Gay, who is agent for the
"Berliner", one .of the best
talking machines made. In
the outside department the
show was far ahead of former
years. The' entries in horses
and cattle was largest and
best that has been shown
here, and in sheep and pigs
where was also a splendid
exhibit of first class animals.
By terms of the new
Redistribution Act the south
riding of Bruce will consist of
the old • East Riding, ' the
townships of Elderslie, Hur-
on and Kinloss and the
villages of Chesley, Paisley,
and Lucknow. The change in
formation of the riding will
necessitate a 'new party
organization and a mass
meeting of the Liberals of the
riding will be held for that
purpose in the Walkerton
'Town Hall this Tuesday at 1
p.m.
The Council has notified
the constable that all parties.
found riding bicycles on the
sidewalks of the village are to
be prosecuted. It must be
stopped. C
50 YEARS AGO
This year we cannot say
that it was "bigger and
better than ever', but it may
be said that in view. of.the
Conditions it was surprisingly .,.
good. FolloWing a week of
wet and cold weather . and
a month that had few fine
days, Friday of last week was
a fine day for the Lucknow
Fall Fair. There was a pretty,
fair showing and a pretty fair
crowd. The dance at night
under the auspices of the
Agricultural Society was 'a
whopper and the only short-
coming was the space in the
Town Hall which could have
been filled had it been much
larger.
Alexander MacLean, one
of the original settlers of
Central Ashfield, passed
away on Thursday at the.
advanced age of 91 years. -He
was about 12 years old when,
his father.located and settled
on lot 2, concession 13, which
has ever since been the'
family home. It is related
that, when his father had
selected a spot on which to
erecta cabin, the father went
to ascertain if there was
water in the vicinity, the boy
took up an ax and cut down a tp,
small tree by way of com-
mencing clearing operations,
thus gaining the distinction
of having felled the first tree
of the dense forest which
covered the land from the
Lake Shore Range eastward
into Wawanosh. He had been
enjoying good health for a
man of his age until about
two weeks before his death
when he began . to lose
strength and, on account of
his age, recovery, was not
expected.
25 YEARS AGO
An ideal fall day, a big
crowd and , a good . show
combined to spell success for
the 88th annual Fall Fair of
the Lucknow Agricultural
Society held last Wednesday.
The attendance exceeded
2,000; Dr. D. N. Huntley,
director and head of field
husbandry, O.A.C., Guelph,
as guest speaker. He said
that the rural fair was a
worthwhile conclusion of the
growing season and helped
to keep enthusiasm in the
business of farming which, in
Ontario, has grown to a giant
billion dollar industry. With-
out farm enthusiasm, farm-
ing can be drudgery bu\
normally there is no business
so full or satisfying, he said.
The Sentinel was among
press and radio representa-
, tives from the Ontario Hyd-
ro's Georgian Bay region
who toured the Niagara Falls
district on Saturday to view
Hydro's biggest construction
job - the Sir Adam Beck
Niagara generating station
No. 2 power development.
The new development will
produce 1,828,000 horse
power when completed.
From above the. falls to a
point below the whirlpool
rapids, two tunnels are being
bored under the city. They
will have an inside bore of
sufficient width to turn a
freight car around and will.
carry 15,000;000 gallons of
water a minute to power the
turbines of the gigantic new
power plant.
Mystery surrounds the
cause of a fire on the sixth
concession of West Wawan-
osh on Wednesday morning
which destroyed the barn on
the farm of Mr. and Mrs.
James Boyle. An investiga-
tion is being carried on. Mr.
Boyle discovered a straw pile
on fire when he went to the
barn about 6 a.m. to do
chores. It rapidly spread and
when. firemen arrived they
could do nothing. It was just
four years ago that Mr. Boyle
had another barn razed by
flames.
Letters to the editor
Editor's Note:
Isaac Nixon of R. • 7,
Lucknow, found this news-
'papeir clipping from a 1935
Sentinel and thought our
readers may be interested.
ASHFIELD FARMER HALE
AND HEARTY AT 95
Mr. Ralph Nixon of Belfast
Community observed his
95th birthday on Friday - his
Father Jived to be 104,
On Friday last; April 5th,
at his farm near Hackett
Church, where he has been a
continuous resident for
eighty-four years, Mr. Ralph
Nixon observed a. membor-
able event, when heireached
the 95th. ,milestone.
Mr. Nixon, an aged and
esteemed resident' of that
community, considering his.
years, still continues remark-
ably active and mentally
alert, and able to be up and
around every day. He bids
fair to attain, closely at
least, the age of his father,
who was 104 at his death.
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Mr. Nixon was the son of
the late John and Jane
Nixon. Born in County Ty-
rone, Ireland, on April 5th,
1840, Mr. Nixon, when a lad
of" 11 years, came with his
parents to concession 10
Ashfield, where they settled
and where Mr. Nixon has .
since been a continuous resi-
dent, and where he now
makes his home with his son
Isaac. Two of his daughters,
Mrs. Whitley and Mrs.
Emerson, spent the day with
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