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Helicopter cancellation
was warranted by savings
The Sentinel Memoirs
19 cattle were lifted in Kinloss
25 years ago
Nov. 20, 1968
Depending upon who you spoke to following the new
Liberal government's first day In office, there were between
100,000 and 185,000 person years of high tech"employment
lost In Canada by cancelling the EH -101 helicopter program.
Or to put it another way, the cost to cut the helicopter
contract is between 300 and 500 "real jobs.
But were they "real" jobs In the first place? Is the future In
building sophisticated weapons of war? Or Is It in Innovative
peacetime manufacturing?
Prime Minister Jean Chretien says Canada doesn't need
these anti-submarine helicopters. He calls them Cadillac
Copters that are "useless spending In today's context" -
rather like equipping yourself with a baseball bat to swat a
fly.
His critics don't seem to notice that .aggression s fast
becoming old fashioned - that nations are laying dow their
arms and cutting back their military forces.
They only. argue that new helicopters are badly n eded
because the current 48 -ship fleet is too costly to maintain -
one spokesman suggested 15 hours in the shop for every
hour in the alr. They contend it could cost as much as $2
billion over the next 10 years to refurbish these old helicop,
ters and keep them flying - and that new helicopters will
eventually be ordered In any case.
But the big question remains unanswered. Does Canada
need the EH -101s? Does anyone anywhere • need the EH -
101s? Were those "real" jobs that were lost? Or were those
jobs destined to fall anyway because the market for the EH -
101 Is disappearing along with the world's Interest In war-
fare?
MP David Collenette, the minster of defence, will be looking ,
for that answer over the next 12 months as he reviews the,
country's defence policy. He will establish what the military
• will require most as they march into the 21st century.
Not all Canadians will support Chretlef and his government
in the decision to chop the choppers. Sor>ne will say a
-ftrrairCie -penalty oranywhere-from-$400;000-ntlillon-to-$-1--:-
billion is too great to squash a deal that may not be ,perfect,
but would provide 300 to 500 Canadians with jobs and the
armed forces with brand new helicopters.
Yet the total price for thehelicopters was $4.8 billion.
Savings will exceed $2 billion, money that can i.)e putto other
uses to benefit other Canadians,
It was a good first day's work for Chretien and his new
government. It's almost enough to give taxpayers the hope
they need to get on with the nation's business In a more
positive way. (SJK)
She hit him where it hurts
If he breaks your heart, hit, him
it where it hurts - in the wallet -
was the course taken recently by a
jilted United States woman.
The result was, the woman who
went to. court to recover some
green stuff for pain and suffering,
Loss of income and psychiatrists
bills, was awarded $178,000. She
obviously wasn't content to chalk
up the affair to a bad experience,
be thankful she hadn't married
him and then found it necessary to
divorce him, and get on with her
life.
Based on the Breach of Promise
AMBILINGS
by Pat Livingston, ,
Act, a 1947 Illinois law, which
was put on the books way -back -
when to restrict damages when
love fizzled, the jury found in
favor of the woman. They decided
$93,000 should cover the broken
hearted damsel's pain and suf-
fering, $60,000 would cover her
loss of income from her law prac-
tice and $2$,000 should cover the
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70 years ago
Nov. 15, 1923
Cattle lifting in Kinloss - A herd of 19 young
cattle were driven from the farm of Malcolm
Bros. near Kinlough and shipped to Buffalo.
As the cattle had not been sold and nobody had
pennission to take them away, one may readily
imagine the owners' surprise when they missed the
cattle, and still grater surprise when they learned of
the manner of their going and their destination. To be
plain about the matter, the cattle were stolen, and an
attempt made to dispose of them on the Buffalo
market.
Fortunately, Mr. Malcolm learned of the shipping of
the cattle from Ripley station. He went to Buffalo and
was in time to discover and take possession of his
cattle before a sale had been made. We understand
that Mr. Malcolm found it more convenient to dispose
of the cattle at Buffalo than bring them back to
Ripley, although some of them were not intended for
sale this fall.
50 years ago
Nov. 18, 1943
Rural hydro rates to be cut - Reductions in
hydro rates for 129,000 rural consumers
through a uniform power rate for all rural
areas of the province, elimination of service charges
to farmers and an amalgamation of the rural . power
districts was announced.
Under the revised system: a rural consumer's
average hydro bill in high rate districts will be $234
as compared with $4.31 previously and compared
with the monthly bill in low rate districts of $2.92.
The new uniform kilowatt hour rate is four cents
per kwhr for the first• block of kilowatt hours, 1.6
cents for the second block and .75 per kwhr for all
remaining monthly consumption.
Farm service will be charged on these kilowatt hour
rates without any service. charge. A minimum monthly
bill of $2.25 gross will be adopted for the standard
farm. For larger farms, minimum bills have been
devised. .
Winter in erinest - The weekend brought
winter in earnest, with freezing temperatures,
half a foot of snow or more and a ground
drift on Saturday that made roads heavy and practical-
ly blocked some sideroads. Monday and Tuesday saw
continued snowfall and it looks like the real thing at
the moment.
ligible for industry aid - The Township of
West Wawanosh was recently apprcived for
registration as an area in which new or ex-
panded industry may be considered for financial
assistance under the Equalization of Industrial Oppor-
tunity Program recently initiated by the Province of
Ontario.
The designation will be kept under continuous
review and will lapse in June 1969. At that time, the
township may reapply for listing and it will be
considered again using circumstances existing at that
date as a basis.
School rumor has no foundation - A survey
was recently taken at F.E. Madill Secondary
School to determine the students living in
Bruce County and students living in Huron County
who attend the school.
Some local students came home from school with
the impression that this survey was being taken to
determine who would go to Wingham to school and
who would go to Walkerton to school, depending on
which county you lived in.
The Sentinel contacted F.E. Madill, principal of the
Wingham School, who assured the writer there was
no truth to this rumor. He said that the survey was
completed as a normal county report and had no
significance.
10 years ago
Nov. 16, 1983
Submits resignations - Lucknow Fire Chief
George Whitby has notified Lucknow Village
Council that he will retire as chief effective
Dec. 1. Council was reluctant to accept the resig-
nation and did so with regret. Mr. Whitby had been
chief for 25 years. ,
Mr. Whitby also notified council he will retire Dec..
31 as building inspector for the village of Lucknow.
Legion presents meritorious medals - Two
members of the Royal Canadian Legion
Branch 309 Lucknow have - received
Meritorious Service Medals, the highest award that
can be granted to regular or life members of the
Legion. H.D. (Bud) Thompson and Irvine Eedy
received the medalsat the Remembrance banquet held
Nov. 5. The medal is presented to only the most
deserving members who are recommended for the
medal to retain its value as the highest award.
June 1938.'J.R. McNabb and Emmerson Irwin In a 1926 Model T roadster In front of Henderson
and Fisher Lumber yard. (courtesy of Rev. Wm. Henderson)
It was survival of the fittest
• by Marsha Boulton
ISLAND OF DEMONS, NEW
WORLD, 1542 -- What was the
penalty for falling in love on the•
first settlement voyage to Canada?
Law books were not likely carried
by Jean -Francois de La Rocque de
Roberval on his voyage to the
newly -discovered territory which
had been claimed in the name of
France by Jacques Cartier in 1534.
However, as the commander of an
expedition to establish a colony.
Roberval,, determined that the
punishment for amorous in-
discretion was banishment.
After an eight-week voyage, three
ships with a cargo of 200 settlers,
provisions, livestock, and weapons
sailed into the harbor of what is
now Si. John's, Newfoundland on
June 8, 1542.
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Roberval had invited his niece,
Marguerite, to join him on the
daring adventure. Unknown to him,
a young man had also joined the
expedition and his sights were
clearly set more on Marguerite than
the New World.
While the ships were stocked with
water and supplies, Marguerite and
her young man spent three weeks
roaming the Newfoundland hills,
gathering berries, fishing for sal-
mon, and making love. Throughout
the romantic idyll, Marguerite's
servant, Damienne, acted as a guard
for the lovers.
Word of the affair infuriated
•Roberval, who considered. Mar-
guerite's indiscretion to be a
deliberate disgrace of the family
name.
Enroute to the St. ' Lawrence
where Cartier had established a fort,
Roberval marooned Marguerite, her
lover and the servant on an unin-
habited islandknown as Ile des
Demons (the Island of Demons),°'
which has been possibly identified
as Fogo Island off the northeast
coast of Newfoundland. In' one
account, Roberval is said to have
banished the nameless young man
and Marguerite begged to share his
fate. In another, the young man
chose to be with his disgrace
beloved. Damienne, it seems, had
no choice.
That summer, the outcasts built a
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