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The Lucknow Sentinel, 1988-07-20, Page 4Page 4—Lucknow Sentinel, Wednesday, July 20,1988 P.O. Box 400, Lucknow, Ontario NOG- 2H0 528-2822 Established 1873 PA1O BLUE RIBBON AWARD 1988 Thomas Thompson -Advertising Manager Subscription rates in advance: Rob Bundy -Editor Pat Livingston -General Manager 51790 Outside Canada $6090 51490 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 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. There's a good kid in every crowd In the Lucknow area these days, good kids aren't hard to come by. They're as abundant as leaves on the trees. But how often do we, as a community, really take notice? It's a situtation The Lucknow Sentinel wants to help change, and that's why we're participating in the Ontario Junior Citizens program as its local sponsor. As the theme of our program suggests: "there's one in every crowd", and its our intention to ensure some long overdue recognition comes their way. Here's how you can help. The program's guidelines suggest we're looking for youngsters between the ages of six and 18 who exhibit the qualities of courage, ingenuity, resourcefulness, initiative, leadership, fortitude and community service. But that doesn't mean we're looking for "Superkid". The qualities of good citizenship could just as easily be embodied in the kid next door who watches your toddlers, who cuts your grass, who runs errands for your elderly neighbor, who coaches little league oris active in the com- munity in a hundred other ways. As adults, we're all too aware that praise, no matter how well- deserved, is a rare commodity in our lives. Yet its value can never be underestimated. Think about that, and then think about a kid you know, a kid who truly is a good citizen, and about what you can do to steer a little praise in his or her direction. An Ontario Junior Citizen nomination just might do trick. We'd like to hear from you. Nomination forms and further "formation on this special program are available from this office. I was a bit disappointed last week. 1 didn't get an invite to Gretzky's wedding. Must have been lost in the mail../ There was a time I might have gotten an invitation. We lived in Brantford for a while, before moving to Godench, The Gretzky's lived a couple of doors down on the same block on Varadi Ave. My brother and I went to the same school as of Wayne we used to call him Wiener 1. After we moved to Goderich, he came and stayed at our place a couple of times along with some other friends from Brantford. Yes, I slept with Wayne on the floor long before Miss Janet came along. Then he got really famous. I started liv- ing pay cheque to pay cheque and Wayne started buying shopping malls as a tax write-off. Yep, times sure have changed. Now, his marriage ceremony has been likened to a royal wedding...or at least the sporting event of the summer: Do de do de dee, do de do de dee, "Good evening ladies and gentlemen and welcome to Wedding Night in Canada. From the gondola high above the altar this is Danny Galavin along with Howie Meeker bringing you all the action. Another capacity crowd has gathered here for this event and the tension in the air is one of 'expectation as the organist has just began the National Anthem. Howie?" "Thanks Danny, by golly gee it's great to be here. This is gonna be a whale of a ceremony. This Janet Jones has a great set of wheels and the bridesmaids are gon- na have a tough time keeping up with her." "Okay Howie, it looks like the starting line-up of ushers are taking the aisle now...and they look tough." N THE SIDE by Rob Bundy "Hey, what's this? They're wearing helmets. What a bunch of whimps...now if Dave Semenko had been in this bridal par- ty things would be different, let me tell you." "The bride is making her entrance now,. Howie, and what do you think about her moves?" "Jimminy crickets. Danny, she went right up the centre aisle like a pro. This girl is gonna be all-star material some day." "And as you can tell from the roar of the crowd, the groom himself is making his way down the aisle now. He deeks neatly around the bridesmaids and positions himself at the edge of the altar." "See the way he screens the minister. This kid has got the right moves. You youngsters out there can learn alot from a groom like this," "There seems to be a lot of traffic at the altar right now, Howie, it looks like....wait...yes, the I do's have been said and the crowd here has gone wild. Gretzky just made a neat pass at his bride with an assist going to the best man. What a wed- ding! We'll be right back with Dave Hodge live from the reception, right after these beer commercials." Yep, Wayne even gets married in a dif- ferent league than the rest of us Varadi Ave. kids. Have a good week! AND Do YOU, JANET, PROMISE -lb LOVE HONOR, AND GtvE BIRTH TO A FIRST- RbuNo DRAFT CNolcE.? 70 years ago July 18, 1918 The `B' on the oats - For a number of weeks we have been hearing about the 'B' on the oat leaves but we didn't get to see this mystery until Saturday last week when Henry Campbell walked into this of- fice with a few broad oat leaves and pointed out the mysterious marking. It is there alright - a fairly well formed capital B. One must examine the blade closely in good light to see the letter in the middle of the leaf - just as though a slight impression had been made. Folks who delight in wonders have decided that this 13 is significant. Someone has said that the letter appeared during the summer of the last year of the Boar War and naturally this suggests that it is now a sign that we are in the last year of the present war. Let us hope so. 50 years ago July 21, 1938 Combine operates in Ashfield - A com- bine harvester and thresher made it bow in Ashfield on Tuesday and a large crowd gathered at the farm of Mrs. Dan Rose to see work commence in harvesting and • threshing a fifteen acre field of wheat in a single operation. ▪ The machine, a comparatively small and compact outfit, started work Tuesday SENTINEL MEMOIRS afternoon and the field is expected to be completed by Wednesday morning. It is tractor drawn and operated by Mr. Alex Hackett and sons of Ashfield. The grain is bagged on the machine and the straw discharged. Its operation attracted wide spread at- tention in the locality as many lined the field to view this labour saving device. Army worms make appearance - The menace of army worms, exceedingly destructive to crops, has struck in this area but as yet no extensive damage has been done. A field of oats at Mel. Greer's farm shows quite distinct evidence of the wroms activity and for a distance of two or three rods into the field the worms have ruined the crop. Reports of their presence also came from Paramount and Holyrood. A half mile east of Holyrood, the road was reported black with them for quite a distance as they crossed the 8th conces- sion. Little crop damage there has yet been discovered but agriculture represen- tatives are keeping a watchful eye on the situation. 25 years ago July 17, 1963 Hay fire destroyed 400 bales - The Lucknow Fire Department had their first alarm call in some time last week. It was to the Ashfield Township farm of Mike Penich where a hay field was ablaze with the fire sweeping over five acres before be- ing controlled. Some 400 bales were destroyed. Adjoining hay fields and nearby bushland made the outbreak a real threat with the prolonged dry spell of late making everything tinder dry. The fire was reportedly caused by a spark from one of the tractors. Feed mill rises from the ashes - From the ashes of what appeared to be a major industrial tragedy for this community, has arisen an imposing new structure of ce- ment and steel. It is the new Treleaven Feed Mill which is now in operation, less than one year after fire razed the building which housed Lucknow's oldest industry. It was early Wednesday morning, August 29th, that flames roared through the mill and only a calm night prevented the calamity from spreading elsewhere. The new mill is electrically powered, rendering useless the mill race which powered the mill wheel. 10 years ago July 19, 1978 Award of merit for weather watcher - Harold Greer, Lucknow, was presented with an award of merit for a minimum of twenty continuous years of service as a volunteer weather observer. Although Mr. Greer has only been a weather watcher since the death of his father in 1967, the weather records for the Lucknow station have been handled by the Greer family since January 1904. Mr. Greer was presented with an award of merit and a wall thermometer. There are currently 350 volunteer climatological observers in Ontario who take daily readings of temperature and precipitation. The information they collect form the basis of statistics which are used by com- merce, industry and agriculture. Tenders open for Town Hall repairs - Tenders were opened at the July 11 meeting of Lucknow's Town Council for the repair of the Town Hall roof and for the building of library shelves. The tender of M. and J Roofing was ac- cepted to reshingle the roof and to install aluminum facial while the tender of Bob Struthers was accepted for the library work.