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The Lucknow Sentinel, 1997-06-18, Page 5a iiy`n Arsicot Alamo' a1 Lucknow Sentinel, Wednesday, June 18,1997 - Page 5 illlllloi °1 th:in€k T :would facet,, tt. on ld.. [yoy�ney. OuYyr�j ga we are already ce� with '' lu.ron C+ a, Lucknow lon t really kn,w e much It would probably Y y> ' Save ,Honey„rr r1iY. ' tty< earS.at* stip 1 l uch HI1E011 .a1) lover :givenit nuf- mtach' Will h1d Nerals accountable *from page 4,• on a policy of recall and free voters. . Within • two years Aberhart wanted to revoke recall because his governrnent had become. . unpopular and his -con- stituents were trying to.use the recall. The job' of revoking the recall •• law' was given to his trusted lieutenant,.. Ernest Manning • (Preston Mannings father), and within tvvo years the recall law was gone.' I was gen- ' uinely curious how. recall 'would work in :the: eyes of the Reform Party. Early in' the election campaign we Were told that 20 per cent vote by constituents would besufficient to. recall a member of parliament: Then we were told that 50 .. per. cent would be neces- sary. • .. I am concerned that Prime Minister Chreti.en' won another majority gov ernrnent partly' because,. Reform was so obsessed" with recall, procedure, and divisive tactics; •they. failed • will' hold. the reelected fed - to focus on the real ii ssue: the Liberal record. Taxes' have been. raised 40. times since 1943..Youth unem- ployment is at 17 percent; and: the Liberals cu.t. $6 • billion from health care funding, The debt is > some- where. around $600 billion dollars and now the Liberals have the nerve to: . say that spendingis under control! No•wthat the Progressive Conservative. and the, New Democratic Parties have:returned;to '. official -party status;, they .anning for 1958 reunion �s p�.Iled oil in quick speed Editor's::note: With work ongoing` to prepare or Lucknow's 1998 reunion, 1 . thought it might be inter- esting,'to review some of r "the planning that went into. the 1958 reunion. As ',,space permits,' . I will include excerpts from the Centenr.}ial minute book, as compiled by the •late Stuart E. Collye r, who was secretary. . . he first meet- ing to deter- mine . if a reunion would be held took place. on Jan 17,' 1958, at the town hall:'That left the• group less than eight months to pull off the event that was subsequent- ly scheduled for. the Civic Holiday weekend (August). That's a far cry;: firom the lead-in time by the committees for the 1988 and 1998° reunions After ,presentations,` at that first meet ng•by-sever- al, gentlemen " from, Kincardine, who had been involved in that .town's 1910 Old Boys .Reunion, the group decided to go ahead with the /reunion. George Joynt was presi- dent, Bud Thompson vice president, Mr. Collyer sec-, retary,' and : Donald Henderson assistant secre- MacDonald, Jack Pollock, tary. • program W.L. A` striking coinmittee MacKenzie and Miss' consisted'*of' Cameron Helen Thompson;'. vice-: M-acDonal'd, -Campbell chairmen Bud Thompson Thompson and' Morgan' and the members of• the • Henderson. , striking committee On Tan: 23, 1958,: ,the At a later mneeting, the •,' striking committee met at• names of Miss Jessie -The ' S'entinel, office . and MacKay, Reeves Cecil comn.ittee'heads were Blake,. John Durnrn,.. appointed: ..• `finance Milton Rayner and Mrs. Harold. Percy, and Claude, Dore, and W.I. Douglas, the oldest man now y, Charles Webster;[ decorat- ing - Harvey Webster and Mrs, • Ken Camera n; parade. - Charles. Webster and'. Harvey 'Houston; property ; ' - • Robert Macintosh' and' Gordon Kirkland; illumination. - E.H. Agnew, Ted Collyer and Sandy Havens, regis- tration' - Mrs. Rena MacNabb., :.. and Bob. 'MacKenzie; billeting Ken Murdie and Mrs.. George, Whitby; invita- tions - Ken Cameron and, Stuart Robertson; histori cal - Miss Mary MacLeod and Miss Ada Webster; reception `councillors and their wives; .publicity ,-- Cam Thompson, Cam liviiig;in the village who .:was born there, were added. to the :'list as 'hon- orary presidents.. It was .at the 'J'an. 3.1,. 1958 public meeting that 'first mention is made ,of a history.' book.. "Miss: Adak Webster reported that the historical, committee pro- posed printing .abook embodying .Lucknow' history, such a book would be financed ''through advertising' it contained." Campbell Thompson explained the planning and .. financing ' of the Centennial Bodk.. And that's how "A Century in •Retrospect The Story of Lucknow" came about. The book is now like gold - bard to find, but a copy is at the library. • eral Liberal Party aecount- able to. the best interests of all Canadians., Colleen Schenk . PC Candidate. �h u,ny o f fa, Huron=Bruce: r1* I u i N.�+vwnn rnarr e" kit «Mo. iswiall YU Malls It. Mclke it active. Make it last longer. DAILY SPECIALS EXEC' :•:•<..;rs, :: NOON BUFFET' 425 • 916 • Fresh Homemade Pies: & Soups Daily i :Tauf tir 1�e itautri:aut LUCKNOW Your Hosts: The Gre.ig's Licenced under L.L.B.O. 528-3932 IBDO I DO Dunwoody . WARD IyIALLE� TE Chartered A�ecountants Offering a full range of services: auditing, accounting, business Plan - fling, income fax planning, persona( financial planning,computer: and' management services. WALKERTON , HANOVER MOUNT FOREST PORT E=LGIN : B.FF Thomson,; FCA LH Vollet .CA K L'Beilt Drier, CA' . M & on CA A.J. 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