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The Lucknow Sentinel, 1988-01-13, Page 4Page 4 —Lucknow Sentinel, Wednesday, January 13, 1988 P.O. Box 400, Lucknow NOG 2H0 528-2822 Established 1873 PASO Thomas Thompson -Advertising Manager Subscription rates in advance: Rob Bundy -Editor Pat Livingston -General Manager 51790 Outside Canada $600° $1490 Outside Canada $5890 Senior Citizen Second class mailing reg. no. 0847 Advertising is accepted on the condition that in the event of a typographical error, the portion of the advertising space occupir' by the erroneous item together with a reasonable allowance for signature, will ,got be charged for, but the balance of the advertisment will be paid at the applicable rates. Call to the polls expected in 1988 While there has been no official word from the office of the Prime Minister as of yet, it is safe to say we can expect a Federal election later this year. Experts are predicting a call to the polls in late summer or early fall. - And already, even before the announcement, the wheels are in mo- tion. Look for increased public awarness ploys by the various politcial parties over the next several months, and be prepared for the onslaught of public opinionpolls soon to be heard and seen through the media. Even locally, the ball has started its roll towards an election as the Federal Liberal Associationhas scheduled an organizational meeting for the new riding of Huron -Bruce here in Lucknow. This meeting, which is open to the public at large and not just card carrying Liberals, will take to the floor of the Community Centre .on Wednesday of next week. The purpose of the meeting, as far as we can figure from the informa- tion we've received, is to inform the public as to the boundries of the new riding and to take the opportunity to spread a little propoganda while electing a local executive. Watch for the other Federal parties to follow suit in the near future. It is no secret that this election will be fought on the Free Trade ques- tion so now, more than ever before, it is important for us as the general public to be informed on the subject and not simply swayed with sweet or 'bitter words. The coming election could be one of the most important in recent memory. Be sure you take the time, over the next few months, to be aware of the issues and to make a serious decision concerning them. You owe it to yourself and your country. R.B. 70 years ago January 13, 1918 Our Town Fathers - Another election has come and gone and Lucknow seems assured of a wide-awake and public- spirited lot of men in charge of its affairs for 1918. Robert Johnston will . act as Village Reeve while councilors include W.E. Henderson, Robert Thompson, Wm. Mur - die and G.H. Smith. The School Board will be represented by G.A. Newton, D.R. McIntosh, R.D. Cameron, M. Mitchell, W.E. Treleaven and J.A. Glennie. The first two names of the council were members last year as well. The other men on the list are new men. The first three named on the School Board served last year with the other three elected by acclaimation. There was something of a turn -over in the council following this°election. For a local affair the election on Monday last was lively. There were seven candidates for four places and all candidates appear to have received a good deal of encourage- ment. There was an active canvass and the vote was pretty well gotten out. Hears from son -,The suspense in which Mr. and Mrs. D.A. MacDonald of Kinloss I am, at this moment, sitting here soak- ing wet and loving every minute of the discomfort it is causing me. Not to mention the puddle which has formed around my frozen feet. And how does a newspaper editor become wet in the middle of the day when he's suppose to be working? I'll tell you if you promise not to mention it to Pat, our General Manager. I got a call from Etty Broer over at the Lucknow Christian School in the morning asking for a picture to be taken of the kids who participated in the M.S. Read-A-Thon. A simple task and one that lead me to hav- ing to wring out my socks later in the day. With camera and note pad in hand, off to the school I went. The photo session, was uneventful...arrange the kids and shoot them, as we say in the business. With the assignment finished, I accepted the invita- tion of a couple of the kids to view the toboggan run they have beside the school. I figured I might be able to get a couple of pictures of cute kids and flying snow so, after I borrowed a pair of boots from Harvey, off went the kids, editor in tow. The students have a great place to tobog- gan at the school. The run is short and fast and while its finish line is a low fence and a patch of trees, that only adds to the excitement. Taking up a safe spot on the middle of the hill for picture taking, I happily snap- ped away. As the hill became .more and more crowded with post -lunch sliders, I found myself dodging flying Krazy Karpets and kids...but it was fun. The kids were great. They hammed it up for the camera and performed some of the finest aerial acrobatics this side of Mount Allen in Calgary. I was impressed...and still relatively dry at this point. I guess you could say I got caught up in the excitement of the moment when one of the students, a young lady, who shall re- main nameless, asked why I wasn't tobog- ganing with them. "The dangers involved in hurlting at breakneck speeds down an iced embank- ment into a tree trunk wrapped with barb- ed wireare not ones I intend to ex- perience," said I, trying to sound old and ON TIESIDE wise while all the time dying to do it. "Awww...come on. I'll hold your camera and you can use my Krazy Karpet or are you too scared," said the blonde -haired in- stigator of my current runny -nosed condition. "Scared? Me? Why, I was the finest tobogganer of my time," I replied, grabb- ing the polished plastic board that would lead me to having my head buried in three feet of snow. "You just stand back and watch this." Waiting for the attention of the other kids on the hill, I feined final preparations for the trip. Actually, I paused to mutter a little prayer to save me from broken limbs. "If someone gets in your way," said another young lass •with the wisdom of a veteran, "yell really loud and they might move in time. It's your only hope." Before I could finish my life-saving prayer, someone gave me the slightest push and it was all down hill from there. I swooshed and spun and yelled even though no one dared get. in my way, all the way to the bottom. When that tree loomed infront of me, panic set in and I aborted the mission only to find that a snow bank isn't as soft as one might imagine. Covered from head to toe in rapidly melting snow, I picked myself up, gecovered the runaway board and headed to the top for another run. Couldn't let the little tykes think I was hurt, could I? After a few more runs, at which I got bet- ter as the noon hour passed, there was no longer any part of my clothing that wasn't wet. When the bell ran to bring the kids to class, I recovered my camera and head back to the office with only a slight limp. And that's how editor of a newspaper gets all wet in middle of the day. And I'd do it again tommorrow if I could think of an excuse to go back to the school. Have a good week! SENTINEL MEMOIRS have been held for some months through not hearing from their son, Willie, who has been serving with the British Davy, was pleasantly broken last week by the receipt of a letter from him. This is the first letter from him since June last and his parents had about given him up for lost. His letter states that he has been well all the while and is still on duty. It appears that he had been writing regularly but through some curious fault of the mail service, his letters had not got- ten through. Friends of the young sailor will be glad to hear that he is still safe and sound. Willie is engaged in mine sweeping and submarine chasing. 50 years ago January 13, 1938 Old Council completes term - Lucknow's 1937 Village Council completed their term of office at their final meeting on Monday REE CQnatc, GRADE u\coney A LIBERAL IN ExPECTATIoN. evening which consisted of the passing of year-end accounts. Reeve -elect Bushell tendered a vote of thanks to the retiring Reeve and coun- cilors, which was seconded by Councilor McNab. Reeve Anderson, in reply, stated he had enjoyed his years on the Village Council and that he believed that anyone who.. disagreed at the meetings did so because they had a honest opinion. To the new members, he pointed out that it is impossible to straddle the fence. Do what you think is best, although at times you are bound to displease someone. He extended his best wishes to the new Reeve and Council. A round the table hand shake was car- ried out before the new council was of- ficially sworn into office. Bailiff helped from snow - R.J. Moore, local constable and bailiff, had a recent in- cident which has brought him newspaper attention. Bob recently was required to make a seizure of chattels at a farm home near Wingham. He became stuck in the snow, and the farmer, unaware of his mission, pulled him out, only to have the chief pay him for the task and then proceed to make the seizure. 10 years ago January 11, 1978 Council story misleading - A story which appeared in the Sentinel last week concer- ning the Village Council's decision to hire Robert Symes to do the snow removal for Lucknow this winter was said to be misleading. The article presented the reeve's reason for opposing the motion but did not clearly state the reasons why council supported the hiring. ° Lucknow Reeve George Joynt and Coun- cilor Ab. Murray voted against a motion passed by Council to hire Symes for snow removal until the spring of 1978 at an in- creased rate. Symes will be paid $1.50 more on each of last year's rates bringing the rates to $16.50 for trucks and $19.50 for the loader. Reeve Joynt said he opposed the motion because council should have called for tenders before hiring Symes. In a letter to the Sentinel from Coun- cilors Bill Crump and Bud Hamilton, it has been stated that Council voted for the mo- tion because they wanted to establish the fact that the snow removal crew should be hired until spring and that they would call for tenders in the fall for a full winter contract.