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The Lucknow Sentinel, 1988-12-07, Page 4Page 4 —Lucknow Sentinel, Wednesday, December 7, 1988 C P.O. Box 400, Lucknow, Ontario NOG 2H0 528-2822 Established 1873 BLUE RIBBON AWARD Thomas Thompson -Advertising Manager Subscription rates in advance: Rob Bundy -Editor 5179° Outside Canada 66090 Pat Livingston -General Manager 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. This is National Safe Driving Week Will you accept the Great Canadian Challenge this year? It's not really that difficult. All you have to do is drive cautiouslyand help to reduce the number of fatalities which occur on our hiways and byways. There are a couple of things to keep in mind when jumping behind the wheel of your vehicle, especially with winter weather threatening. One is that fact that no other road safety measure can approach the ef- fectiveness of seat belts and child restraints in saving lives and reduc- ing injuries. Buckle up even if it's only a block you're driving. Impaired driving is the greatest single contributing factor in motor vehicle collisions. Drunk drivers cause fifty per cent of all road fatalities in- Canada. It's simple - if you've been drinking, don't drive. With winter hanging over our heads these days, it's important to remember that winter driving is much different than driving at other times of the year. Your car drives differently, the roads are different and can change very quickly, other drivers react differently and visibility is much different. Hence your attitude about driving in winter should be different too. Take a step in the right direction this winter. Prepare your car with a tune-up and have emergency eqipment on hand. Things like sand, a shovel, candles and a flashlight are necessary equipment now. The speed at which we drive these days is important to note as well, especially within the limits of a community such as Lucknow. Since our main shopping area is divided by a major roadway, crossed regularly by happy Christmas .shoppers, it is necessary to reduce the speed we drive and to watch carefully for those pedestrians. But let's not put"all the emphasis on the driver alone. As pedestrians. we have responsibilities too. It gets dark sooner these winter days and therefore we need to make ourselves as visible as possible when walk- ing along a roadway. See and be seen is the best rule of thumb and it's a good idea for parents of younger children to point this out to the kids. Let's not mar this Christmas with an occident that could have been avoided. Drive safely. My wife's in a bit of a dilema these days. She's been out trying to buy me something for Christmas but the age old question keeps coming up - What do you buy for the guy who has nothing? You see, we are such budgeters (she be- ing an accountant type and all) that we rarely allow ourselves anything frivolous. This includes new socks for yours truly. So when I attached my Christmas gift sugges- tion list to the 'fridge, it was long enough to stretch into the living room. And now the dear missus can't decide which end of the list to start with. Her Christmas list is quite short by com- parison. It starts with a new Mercedes and ends with a farm house and a section of land in the country. She's gonna have to settle for a new housecoat again, but please don't tell her, it'd ruin the surprise. But then again, she's pretty good at acting surprised even when she's not. She acted real happy with the housecoat I got her last year. Said it was nicer than the housecoat I got her the year before. But her trauma remains. She has given me a week to ps re my list down to less than 100 items, and I just can't decide what to leave off the list. I really need the socks, but I also really need the slippers and the shaving lotion and the tie and the bottle of Scotch and the scarf and the sweater and the watch and the briefcase and the toque and the pocket comb and the subscription to National Geographic. Maybe I should list things alphabetically and give her A to E this year, F to I next year, etc. So this year I'd end up with: After shave, a Belt, the Comb, a Doorstop and Extra re- fills for my ballpoint pen. My feet will be awful cold without those socks though because using this system, I won't get socks for another three years. 0 by Rob Bundy N THE SIDE Maybe the best way to go about buying something for the guy who has nothing is to list the things he DOESN'T want. I've con- sidered this carefully and now have a se- cond list on the 'fridge door. The list includes things I don't want to fuid under the tree December 25: 1. Underwear (too embarrassing when people ask what you got for Christmas). 2. His and His dish towels. 3. Anything that requires assembly or batteries. 4. An unpaid magazine subscription (for my birthday I got a magazine subscription - on Canada Day I got the bill). 5. A leather-bound copy of the free trade agreement. 6. A season's ticket to the Toronto Maple Leaf games (can you imagine a more depressing gift? ). 7. Anything that involves sweating to make it work. This includes weights, a lawnmower, and snow shovels. 8. Gift certificates (this is cheating when it comes to gift giving as far as I'm concerned) . I sure hope this second list helps the missus in her quest. You gotta admit, us guys with nothing are tough to buy for. Have a good week, and happy shopping. G ACME DUPLICATOR 17'.0"0".'0' Some of the magic revealed 70 years ago December 5, 1918 Light or dark - To have electric light for the streets and houses or not to, is the ques- tion which will engage the attention of the Lucknow ratepayers over the next month. Of course nobody wants to have the town plunged into darkness, but the conditions under which the present system can be continued will be hard and expensive. Mr. A.P. Stewart notified the village council in September that it was his inten- tion to stop supplying the electric current here at the end of October. As the council could make no alternate arrangement before that time, an agreement was made with Mr. Stewart to continue lighting the village at the old rates until a by-law pro- posing the purchase of the plant could to submitted to ratepayers. Such a by-law has been prepared and will appear in the Sentinel soon. A public meeting on this matter will be held next Thursday evening. Good horse sense - At a special meeting of the Lucknow Fire Company, it was unanimously decided that the horse which ENTINEL MEMOIRS was donated did not meet the representa- tion made by the Company to the public. The Company deeply regrets that there should be any misunderstanding, but decided they are in honour bound to pro- duce a horse equal to the task and it is with regret that under this condition we must decline the acceptance of the horse donated. 50 years ago December 8, 1938 Fittings for Post Office - The end of the week saw much of the interior fittings for the new Post Office put in place. The lock boxes have not arrived as of yet but will be installed as soon as they do. It is not known when the final move to this new building will take place but it ap- pears doubtful that it will be before the coming Christmas rush. Ashfield reeve returned - Registering one of the biggest votes in history, Ashfield ratepayers poured to the polls on Monday to re-elect four members of the past year's board. Alex MacDonald was returned as Reeve will a total of 616 votes, 243 more than challenger Sam Sherwood. Gilbert Frayne will be deputy reeve with councillors Lorne Johnston, Fred Anderson and Cecil Johnston. rounding out, the council seats. 25 years ago December 4, 1963 Arena re vation plan - An arena renovation' -plan to modernize and restore the facility will be submitted to a vote of the ratepayers "sometime before June" an:iounced Reeve George Joynt at the nomination meeting held last week. Council has architects' plans drawn for a new structure which would be built at the west end of the present building, where parking facilities would be made available. The new structure would tie in with the present building and provide a lounge, showers, a reception room and hockey rooms. The estimated cost would be about $60,000 but Reeve Joynt quickly added "Don't gasp". Both federal and provincial aid will offset the total cost. 10 years ago December 6, 1978 Fire destroys barn - Lucknow firefighters answered three calls in rapid succession over the past two days. Fire caused by lightning completely destroyed a barn owned by Gordon Ander- son of Ashfield Township on Sunday evening. The fire department also attended an alarm call on main street Sunday after- noon when the wires in the motor of Bill Lyon's pickup truck caught fire and threatened the vehicle. The final call so far this week came Mon- day when a burning shed in Whitechurch threatened the Presbyterial Chruch shed. The blaze was located behind the general store. The Wingham Fire Department was called to assist with the Whitechurch fire. No injuries were reported in any of the cases.