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The Lucknow Sentinel, 1988-06-15, Page 4Page 4—Lucknow Sentinel, Wednesday, June 15, 1988 P.O. Box 400, Lucknow, Ontario NOG 2H0 528-2822 Established 1873 BB Hid BOh AKAR() 1988 Thomas Thompson -Advertising Manager Subscription rates in advance: Rob Bundy -Editor $1700 Outside Canada $6000 Pat Livingston -General Manager $1400 Outside Canada $5800 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 th.e advertising space occupied by the erroneous item together with a reasonable allowance for signature, will not be charged for, but the balance of the advertisment will be paid at the applicable rates. Bank charges unfair? The House of Commons Finance Committee recently released a scathing report into what it felt were unfair banking service charges. Aside from making the banks quite upset with the whole affair. the report brought to light the fact that bank users are at the mercy of the money -lenders when it cones to additional service charges. As most people realize, the charges are small in amount but huge to number. A 15 cent service charge wouldn't raise the eyebrows of too many customers...until the customer realizes that millions of such charges are made each banking day and that they are, for the time be- ing, without outside regulation. The consumer in this case doesn't have much choice. Since all the banks operating In Canada where included in the report, "taking business elsewhere" isn't a possibility, unless the customer has a matress under which to stash his cash. Of course, you don't collect much interest by banking that way. While the Commons Finance Committee report is ultimately good news for consumers, because it will lead to fewer service charges under the threat of having "action imposed upon them", as the report reads, one has to question what right the government has dabbling in such affairs. In a country literaly built on free enterprise, what business does the government have in dictating what a bank, or any other business for that matter, can charge for its services? Here's a government that taxes what consumers eat, drink, smoke and wear, pointing an accusing finger at Canadian banks when they charge for processing a non -sufficient funds cheque or some similiar service. This is a classic case of the pot calling the kettle black. While everyone hopes that bank service charges will be reviewed and revised due to the report. the banks certainly have the right to be mad about being so closely scrutinized. Surely the House of Commons has better things to do, like reviewing and revising their tax structure. R.B. I've decided, after sweeping out the front porch over the weekend, that some spiders, not unlike some people, are stupid. Not just kinda slow, but really stupid. While most spiders worth their salt con- struct their webs in high places suspended between two s:.itable and stable points, a few don't have a clue how to build a func- tional webbing. It was Saturday and my duty of the day was to sweep out the front porch. At our house we give the spiders a week in which to catch as many nasty flying insects as possible. Then, the unforgiving broom makes a clean sweep of the place and removes the unsightly webs. Oh sure, I take a moment to awe at the intricate beauty of the structures before striking them down in a blaze of straw and dead flies, but the task at hand must be done. It was nearing the completion of last week's web -sweep when the realization came to me that spiders are just like peo- ple: some are smart and talented; some are as dumb as a sack of hammers. I had dropped the broom while swatting at a fly that escaped the deadly sticky theads of a now non-existent web. While bending down to pick it up, I noticed, behind the couch, very close to the wall, a spider's web. Now talk about a stupid spider. No flying insect in its right mind would fly behind the couch three inches off the floor, hence the web was useless. The fact that the week-old structure was fly -free attested to this fact. At the edge of the web, which by the way was also lopsided, sat the builder. He look - N THE SIDE by Rob Bundy ed like he was a couple bricks short of ,a load. You know...the lights were on but no one home. And you know what else? I didn't have the heart to wreck his web. In fact, I felt so sorry for this mentally handicapped spider that I caught a fly and placed it in the web. Can't have the household pets going hungry can we, no matter how stupid they are. By doing this I have made myself responsible for this dim spider. He now thinks his web is working and will make no effort to change its location. From now on, I have the chore each week of feeding the not -so -bright spider who lives behind the couch in the front porch. As if I don't have enough responsibilities already! Please don't tell my wife though. She has • a dread fear of things that crawl, fly, buzz or bite. If she finds out I'm ' harbouring a mentally deficient spider behind the couch in the front porch, I'll be eating Kraft Din- ner from now until the divorce comes through. Have a good week! P.S. I checked on the dumb spider last night before I went to bed and guess what? ! He invited all the other spiders in the porch over for supper just to prove his web works. I suppose now he isn't so stupid after all. CHANGE FOR R boLLART YES SR,, THAT ilC5ACITO'I !S ON SALE 1-i-115 JE K FoR ONLY $2,5°. 70 years June 13, 1918 Registration set - It is now little more than a week until the Registration Day when every man and woman of Canada over 16 years of age should fill out a registration card and receive a certificate of registration. It is hoped that none who are able to go about will neglect this as the penalty is serious. The law says: "Every person who shall have registered shall at all times carry upon his person his registration cer- tificate. Any peace officer, police or con- stable, may demand evidence of registra- tion at any time. "If any person is not able to produce the required registration card, he shall incurr a penalty of 20 dollars or, being male, may be taken immediately before justice to be dealt with according to the law." Can you spare a record - "If the people could really know how much genuine satisfaction sick soldiers actually receive from phonograph records, I am sure every citizen who owns a machine would willing- ly go through his cabinet tonight and choose a selection of records to help bring gladness and cheer to the hearts of the stricken men who have so willingly done SENTINEL MEMOIRS their bit," says Mr. Fred Mulholland, Hon. Assistant Secretary of the Red Cross. 50 years ago June 16, 1938 Council agrees to rent hall Stirling Films Inc. have been in contact with the Village Council with a view to leasing the Town Hall to present a weekly motion pic- ture there. This company plans to line up about one hundred towns that are without theatres. These will be organized into small cicuits with a show weekly being presented in each town. Council agreed to lease the Hall for a Wednesday night performance each week at a rental fee of $10 a night. Lucknow will have weekly shows as soon as the organization plans have been completed. Lack of interest of forgotten - The second regular meeting of the newly organized Buinessmen's Club "adjourned" on Mon- day night after a half-hour of waiting dur- ing which only five members made an appearance. The monthly meeting of this club is the second Monday of each month. This week's meeting was not announced and there is the possibility that it was overlook- ed by many members. If this was not the rase then it appears . village merchants are not interested in the success or operation of this club. Obviously many sit back and say, "Let George do it". 25 years ago June 12, 1963 Staff now complete - Thomas Pettit of Langley, B.C. has been engaged as a French. instructor at the Lucknow High School for the next term. This announce- ment completes the staff at the school.: Mr. Pettit is a graduate of the National University of Ireland, has three years teaching experience in England, France and has tuaght in B.C. for the past four years. PC's to pick candidate - The Porgressive Conservative Association of the riding of Huron -Bruce has called a nominating meeting for Thursday evening of this week in the Wingham Town Hall. The candiate choosen Thursday will con- test the riding in the upcoming provincial election, which may anticipate will take place in October. This will be the 25th provincial nominating convention held by the P.C.s since January. Huron -Bruce is currently represented by Liberal, Murray Gaunt who won the by- election last fall. 10 years ago June 14, 1978 Kingsbridge CWL wants books banned - The controversy over the banning of three English literature textbooks from the secondary school book lists in Huron Coun- ty started when a group of parents from Kingsbridge, who consider the books blasphemous and obscene, initiated a cam- paign to have them banned. The Kingsbridge Catholic Women's League brought a letter writing campaign to bear on the Huron County Board of Education in April to have three "objec- tionable" novels removed from the list of high school literature books. The novels - Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger, The Diviners by Margaret Laurence and Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck - contain language that is "filthy" and consistently refer to sexual activities according to the CWL.