The Lucknow Sentinel, 1988-06-08, Page 4Page 4—Lucknow Sentinel, Wednesday, June 8, 1988
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Watch out for them
You see them everywhere these days. They hide behind trees and
between parked cars before they dodge and dart.
Sometimes they watch for you...sometimes they don't. they're
young and innocent, and often oblivious to the danger they put
themselves in.
They are the children of summer on bikes and on foot and they ap-
pear from out of nowhere when you least expect it.
Yes, the sunny, warm weather has again brought the children out
from in front of the television and onto the streets and alleys of the
village. That means it's time for motorists to be aware and to keep a
keen eye out lest the little ones forget to.
It's also a good time for parents to sit their children down and go
over (probably for the hundredth time) the rules of the road. Take a
moment after dinner this week lust to remind your children that it is
just as much their responsibility as the motorists' to keep the going
safe.
Tell them they shouldn't emerge from between parked cars onto a
busy street, even if the street doesn't appear busy.
Tell them not to second guess the cars and trucks on Campbell Street,
that they should stop, look and listen before crossing the roadway.
Tell them a bicycle is a vehicleand subject to the same rules of the
road abided by the cars.
Tell them to have fun but to be careful, very careful, when they are
playing, laughing and often not watching.
On the part of the drivers of the county, it's time to watch very. very
carefully when entering a community in which children play. Sure you
hear it every year at this time, but you should be reminded often. It
takes only the blink of an eye for tragedy to strike.
Kids don't always remember to watch, so remember to watch for
them. R.B.
This week we'll discuss, with your permis-
sion, a serious problem which has little or no
solution.
It is a problem which causes concern, con-
tempt, laughter in some cases, and always
embarrassment to those in this office at
least.
L3t me t7y and explai9.
Opps. We'll try that again...let me try and
explain. The problem of which we sp!ak
(there it is again) is the typographical
error.
How often have you submitted a write-up
or birth announcement to appear in the
paper and found, when the paper arrived,
that the child whose birth is being announc-
ed, weighed 142 lbs., 20 ozs. at birth or that
the service club president, Mr. Winger,
mysteriously became Mr. Wingnut.
Yes, this is a problem that plagues every
publication.
There is no reason for the problem, and
very little which can be done, which is not
already being done, to rectify it.
In an effort to shed a little light on the
"typo", I offer for you this little poem:
The typographic error is a slippery thing
and sly.
You can hunt until you are dizzy, but
somehow it gets by.
Until the forms are off the press, it is
strange how still it sleeps.
It shrinks down in a corner, and never
stirs or peeps.
That typographical error is too small for
human eyes, until the ink is on the page,
when it grows to mountain size.
The boss just stares in horror, then he
grabs his hair and groans.
The copy reader drops his head upon his
hand and moans.
The remainder of the issue may be as
clean as clean can be, but the typographical
error is the only thing you'll see.
And how true that is, dear reader. Many a
N THE SIDE
by Rob Bundy
Wednesday morning we Editors have sat
down with a cup of coffee in hand to read the
fruits of our week's labour only to spill said
coffee when we realize we've called an
elected official a Major instead of a Mayor.
Let me tell you this - there is no worse feel-
ing a newspaper employee can have than
the one he gets when he reads that "figs
(instead of pigs) are selling for $1.09 per
pound".
I'd like to go on record here and now to
declare that no matter what you may think
when you read your son's name spelt wrong
in the paper, we don't do these things
intentionally.
Most people are understanding in this
regard. But those select few who wave the
week's paper in your face and demand an
explaination really make you feel like worm
sweat.
These good folks have all the reason in the
world to be upset, but so often they make out
that we have done these things purposely to
get their goat. •
We don't...really, we don't.
We do are best, you understand, to find
and correct these little errors, but often to
no avail. As the lyric suggests, they slip by
only to leap from the pages come paper day.
If anyone has a solution to this quandry, I
would love to hear it. In fact, I would crawl
on my hands an knees over broken glass to
hear it.
Having finished this column, I have re-
read ita dozen times and can now honestly
say that there are no errors, save for the
couple at the beginning I used for example
purposes.
Havbe a g000d weak!
IT WAS A STORM
SAND DARKY N(GHTO IO \
N‘ THE TYPO N IGHTMA(
-PART ONE -
70 years ago
June 6, 1918
Medal for bravery - We have learned that
George McNall, a former Lucknow boy
whose home is now at Auburn, has been
awarded a silver medal for bravery on the
military field.
He has been serving as a sniper and
evidently has been "getting" a good number
of Huns.
Answering the call - Throughout the coun-
try, more than 43,000 men 19 years of age
registered under the Military Service Act.
About 15 Class B men and others were asked
to report by June 1 and left the Lucknow sta-
tion last Saturday. There were also quite a
few from Kincardine and Ripley.
Many of these men are back home again
for various reasons and various periods of
time.
50 years ago
June 9,1938
Not observing holiday - So far as we can
learn, local merchants do not plan to
observe Thursday, June 9 as a public holi-
day, other than the regular observance of
the weekly half-day holiday which falls on
this day.
June 9 marks the birthday of King George
VI, which in reality is December 14, but fall -
SENTINEL MEMOIRS
ing so close to Christmas as it does, the June
date was set.
This day will be observed by the local
schools, the bank and the post office as a day
off.
Post Office progress - In spite of the cat-
chy weather, construction work on the Post
Office progresses satisfactorily. With the
foundation, basement floor and centre iron
work completed, the first floor was laid the
end of the week. Work on erecting the frame
is now going ahead.
Piles of lumber and brick are on the
ground at the site and last week some levell-
ing was done on the lot which extends back a
considerable distance behind the buolding.
Eventually this property will be beautified
with grass, shrubs and flowers.
Reporter in town - The publicity given the
Chin family since the return of their three
sons from China, brought W.G. Trestain, the
roving reporter with the London Free Press,
to Lucknow on Tuesday, bent on taking a
shot of this family whose picture appeared
in last week's Sentinel.
Unable to get the whole family together
again, Mr. Trestain got the loan of the Sen-
tinel negatives, which he plans to use in the
Free Press.
25 years ago
June 5, 1963
Police protection needed here - Reeve
George Joynt advised the Sentinel that he
favours the hiring of a village policeman im-
mediately in view of the recent rash of van-
dalism, theft and general disregard of the
law within the village.
In the position of Reeve, Mr. Joynt
receives calls from irate citizens at all hours
of the day and night and according to the
Reeve, "it's getting worse every week."
Last weekend's display of wreckless driv-
ing, public drinking, bottle breaking and
general diregard for everything and
everyone by a few local and district young
people, along with recent breakins and
thefts has brough the matter to a head.
"We can't operate this town efficiently
unless a police officer is hired by council im-
mediately," said the Reeve.
Lochalsh school to go - The attractive red
brick school house at Lochalsh is to fall to
the wrecker's hammer very soon.
The Lochalsh School Section joined the
North Ashfield Central School Area and a
new central school was built on Concession
12, Ashfield.
The Lochalsh school is a traffic hazard
and in keeping with the swift march of pro-
gress, must ga.
The Department of Highways called for
the sale of the school and required that the
building be removed or demolished prior to
July 8 of this year.
10 years ago
June 7, 1978
Lightning causes blackout here - The
village was without hydro power for about
three hours on Tuesday, May 30, when
lightning struck the hydro pole and insulator
at the G. and E. Massey -Ferguson dealer-
ship, just north of the village on Countyr
Road One.
The lightning caused the insulator to
break which allowed the conductor to come
to the ground. An automatic switch near
Kinloss opened and shut off the power.
Ontario Hydro has reported that tem-
porary repairs have been made to restore
power and that a complete power outage
will be scheduled later to make permanant
repairs.
The people of the area will be notified of
the time of the outage well in advance of the
repair work.
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