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The Lucknow Sentinel, 1993-03-31, Page 4Page 4 - Lucknow Sentinel, Wednesday, March 31, 1993 {.. ... .. . • u :Y,: ::—. ,. :a::ra•: •," N:•Vis:,:%: ttiKa. .. ., s. ',:, . J.." .M" 8T'? q .C`T2':C . e :>'J' '. `.,ti::, :.`::F. .:.i.•lad}:`'. :s:."A.'.x..,::1.^;:...R£CL:?'. <.Y%:4 Published weekly by Signal -Star Publishing Ltd. at 619 Campbell Street Lucknow, Ont. P.O Box 400, Lucknow, Ontario NOG 2H0 • 528-2822: Fax (519 528-3529 —_U CCNA Established 1873®J J veru cM'uu 4A MI! Thomas Thompson - Advertising Manager Pat Livingston - General Manager/Editor Phyllis Matthews - Front Office Subscription rates advance: Local Regular Si 8r plus 1.26 G.S.T 51 926 Local Senior 5150° plus 1.05 G.S.T .• 51605 Out-Ot-Area (40 miles) - Rates available upon request Foreign + U.S.A. S96o0 Publications mail registration no, 0847 held at Lucknow, Ont. Changes of address, orders for 'subscription's, and undeliverable copies (return postage guaranteed) are to be sent to Lucknow Sentinel at the above address. 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 advertisement will be paid at the applicable rates. A salute to sports volunteers Spring is here or at (east It's not too far off. The hockey, ringette and figure skating season has come to a close and the Ice making "plug" has been pulled. The coaches, managers, trainers and assistants will hang up their skates for another year. They will deservedly take a short break and catch their breath from the whirlwind of winter sports activity In this community. Some will be digging around looking for ball or soccer equipment, as they ready themselves to become involved In a summer. sport. Parents have either volunteered their time in the food booth at the arena or will expect to have their 50 deposit cheque cashed. The winter sports program In Lucknow takes a huge amount of volunteer hours to make it so successful. in the minor, hockey and ringette system 16 teams had Ice time this year. That's ,a lot of coaching and managing. The figure skating program too Involves many volunteer hours, from the members of the executive and others who help out, to the more experienced skaters who lend a. hand on the ice with the younger ones. The people who head up the Ladies Auxiliary to Minor Spoils put untold hours Into organizing the running of the food booth. The money from this endeavor goes back to minor sports: Then we have the "sports writers" who kept the public Informed about team 'successes and defeats. It's been said before, and It will be said again, volunteers are Important to any community. To all of you who volunteered in any way - a salute - you are Important, for without you what would happen to our chlldren'swinter sports programs? (PL) Stiffer laws are needed . The whole world watched in horror recently as a pair of 10 - year -old boys .led a two-year-old toddler away from a mail in Liverpool, England, to be slaughtered like a chicken. Through the miracle of a video camera and video tape, we observed the ter-rifiediot_being_dragged_to_his_death. The -child's -battered body was later dumped on railroad tracks where it was at the mercy of 'the elements. While this may be the most gruesome crime committed by children in England in recent times, it certainly isn't the first. Three British juveniles were charged with throwing a brick through the windshield of a police car, leaving one police officer grain -damaged and in critical condition. A 13 -year-old boy in Britain was accused of setting fire to a female shopper in a mall. It is said the boy doused the woman with lighter fluid and then set her clothes afire. Two British youths armed with sawed-off shotguns, robbed a newsstand leaving one man dead. Fifty-four children in central England have been arrested so far this year for car theft in that area. According to one British police officer, children are just "laughing at the law". Which is the one cause for this spate of felonies by children? Is it violence on televisions and in movies that is driving children mad? Is it a lack of moral training and guidance in the home? Is it anger and frustration because of broken families, parental neglect, the poor economy, an absence of any hope for a bright future? Is it some satanic organization with the ear of young children? Is it a failing education system? An out -dated message from the church? An ineffective social safety net? A new virus that triggers brutal villainy instead of a simple fever? One thing is clear. Understanding and leniency isn't having the desired effect on society's outlaws. There is not less savagery, but more. it's time to get tough: with criminals - young and old. Let the pendulum swing all the way back to the days when it was no laughing matter to run afoul of the law. (SAC) The Sentinel Memoirs - Hen and corn contest cancelled 70 years ago April 5, 1923 Special notice - Our attention has been drawn to the fact that it is unlawful to conduct any kind of guessing contest in connection with a retail business. For this reason our Hen -and -Corn guessing contest proposed for Dollar Day is withdrawn. (Brown's, Lucknow) Property changes hands - Mr. Leroy Horn has purchased the property, on Campbell Street now occupied by the Chinese restaurant, from the Wm. Allin Estate, and will move into it in the near future. He will operate a pool room, for which he has procured a license, in connection with his bar- ber shop. The restaurant will move across the street to the store which was occupied by the late Dave Mal - lough. Mr. Horn is offering his residence on Stauf- fer Street for sale. Laying down strict rules - The city council of Kitchener has been studying the evils growing out of promiscuous dancing in public halls. As a result it is proposed that no person under 18 years of age, male or female, shall be allowed in any dance hall unless accompanied by a parent or legal guardian. Another regulation provides that no woman is allowed in any public dance hall unless accom- panied by a male escort. It is also proposed that all Saturday night dances shall cease at 11:30 while 1 .o'clock has been named for other nights. 50 years ago April 1, 1943. Ashfield, nearly a century ago... - The fol- lowing brief sketch with its reference to Port Albert, the Nine Mile River and the Township of Ashfield has historic interest. It is i taken from an old volume in the University of Canada West, 1846: Ashfield Township in Huron District belonging to the Crown. Nearly every lot along the lake front is taken up. (There are no crown lands in Huron district except Ashfield and Wawanosh, the others being Canada Company lands). A town plot of 600 acres is laid out by the Crown at the entrance of the river Ashfield into Lake Huron, for which lots are sold at five pounds cur- rency by the Crown lands agent at Goderich. The village, called Albert, has one tavern and a population of about 40. (John Elliott) Open memorial organ fund - At the. congregational meeting of the Lucknow Pres- byterian Church, it was decided to establish a fund to be used to instal a pipe organ in the church to perpetuate the memory of the boys from their - country during the present conflict. In this connection the following paragraph was published in the annual report of the church: "The congregation decided to inaugurate a fund for the purchase of an organ to be installed after the close of the war. The organ is to be a memorial to the men who do not return and a token of thanksgiving to God for the preservation of those who are brought safely home. Mr. W W. Hill was appointed treasurer of the fund and will be pleased to receive donations." Master of Ceremonies - It doesn't take Roy McCreight's fame as a caller -off long to become known. While section boss at Lucknow, Roy's services were widely in demand in this district. He was transferred to Harriston last fall, and we notice where he was master of ceremonies at an old time dance in Palmerston on St. Patrick's night. 25 years ago March 27, 1968 Receives trophy - Kenny Farrish, son of Mr. and Mrs. Duncan Farrish of Lochalsh and captain of the Lucknow Pee Wee hockey team received the Stratford Beacon Herald trophy as the runners-up in the "C" division at Goderich Young Canada Hockey Tournament. Ailasons to teach in Europe with Canadian Forces - Mr. and Mrs. John Allason of the Luck - now District High School will teach next year with the Canadian Forces in Europe. John and Mary Ellen are not completely sure as yet where they will be teaching but they hope- it will be Germany. Mr. Allason is principal of Lucknow District High School and his wife is on the teaching staff here as well. Teaching sewing - Mrs. Orland Richards of Lucknow is teaching an elementary sewing class at the Lucknow District Night Classes. Two members of .the sewing class are Mrs. Bill MacPherson and Mrs. Bob. Aitchison, both of West Wawanosh Township. 10 years ago March 30, 1983 New business - In these depressed economic times it is encouraging to see a new business on Lucknow's main street. Doris Culbert and her daughter, Joanne Weber, opened The Sewing -- Box at the former Schmidt's Jewellery location. A selection of materials, sewing notions and Butterick patterns, as well as Pfaff sewinettachines are available. - Fire gutted the north side of Campbell Street, In particular what was known as the Campbell Block in 1905. It was subsequently replaced In 1906 by the Beaver Block which ran from Beckers' - ^ Milk to the first portion of the MacKenzie and McCreath Funeral Home. (courtesy of Rev. Bill Henderson) Is spring really here? RAMBLINGS by Pat Livingston •Is spring really here? After the weekend's mild temperatures and sunny skies, we can only hope. However, in this neck of the woods, it wouldn't be unusual for old man winter to give us one last blast, so don',t put that snow scraper away just yet. It was apparent from these events I witnessed that most of us have had enough of winter: 1. There was the person in the shorts and tank top. 2. Roller blades were evident. 3. The honkers were back on the mill pond. • 4. People were cleaning the inside of their cars. • 5. Windows were being cleaned. 6. Laundry was once again evident on outdoor clothes lines. 7. Some went so far as to sit outdoors with a bubbly enjoying the milder temperatures. 8. The ice machine was turned off at the arena 9. The smell Of barbecued food was in the air. 10. And then there was the evidence of dogs having used your property as a depository. Well, nine out of 10 isn't bad for positive signs. of spring, is it? The results of the survey carried in The Sentinel in March'are being compiled. Results will be published when they become available.