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The Lucknow Sentinel, 1986-12-03, Page 4Pap 4----Lucknew Sentinel Wednesday, December 37 11.98a P.O. Established 1 ox 400, Lucknow NOG 2H0 73 528-2822 A CCNA BLUE RIBBON AWARD 1986 VC RIF ICO CIRCULATION PAIgs • Thomas Thompson -Advertising Manager Subscription rates in advance: Alan Rivett -Editor '17." Outsiae Canada $60.00 • Pat Livingston -General Manager $14.°0 Outside Canada 358.00 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 • advertisement will be paid at the applicable.rates. More problems with post office Canada Post, justifiably maligned over the years forpoor service, will further damage its public image after its latest round of an- nouncements designed to cut back on services - 'especially to rural customers. •• First and foremost, is Canada Post's current purge against the rural • mail couriers, arguably the most efficientcog in the Canada Post operation. Under a new regulation announced last month, beginning April. 1, 1987, Canada Post will go to public tender for rural mail routes as they expire. Current mail couriers can re,tender for the job, but most local. mail couriers believe they will be undercut with Canada Post taking the low tender for the job. Sadly, Canada Post' has refused to negoOate with the 886 couriers in the Huron Division who organized meetings in the last month to voice their grievances to Canada Post. At the last meeting held recently in Elmwood,, 'approximately 70 per cent .of lthe couriers have joined the Canadian Union of Postal Workers to fight for their. jobs. To add. insult to injury, Donald Lander, president of Canada Post, an- nounced that under new Canada Post policy rural mail customers will Cease to have mail .delivered to their mail boxes, but community boxes on main roads will be used instead, and post offices within five miles of each other will 'be amalgamated. He expects the changes to take place within the next five years. To rural Canada, these cutbacks are going to mean the loss of a long- . standing tradition in rural postal delivery. Many of the postal routes. have been passed 'down from generation to generation. The cutbacks to the rural mail service is a bad decision, rendered,out of haste in order to curtail the corporation's mounting debts. For many . rural mail customers, the friendly, reliable mail.coui•ier, if Canada Post goes ahead with its plans, will be a thing of the past. A.R. , I .1 Grey Cup a disaster Canada, it's been said, has a inferiori- ty complex when compared to all things American. Heck, we've got a lot of good things we can call our own. We've got more wide-open spaces, less smog and pollu- tion, Harold Tallarci, Wayne Gretzky, Knowlton Nash, the 2: Rue Jays, the best beer this side of the 49th parallel, Bob and D s ug MacKenzie and, thank God, the Americans have Bonzo Goes to Washington - A.K.A, Ronald :9\ eagan - and we don't! However, one area where the American have us beat by 'a country mile is football - NFL football, that is. As far as this football enthusiast is concerned, there's nothing like an NFL Sunday, parked in front of the tube, watching the graceful catches of the fleet -of -foot wide receivers, the power- ful, straight -ahead sprinting of the run- ning backs,the bone -jarring hits of the humongous defensive and offensive linemen and the deft passing playa of the quarterbacks. Simply put, it's the most exciting sport there is. And, the CFL pales in comparison. Did anyone happen to have a boo at the positively lacklustre Grey Cup game last weekend? You could have turned your set off after the first quarter, confident in the fact that the Tabbys were going to run roughshod over the hapless Edmonton squad. Up until two years ago, I was undecided on which league I would throw my 'undying attention - the CFL ,or the NFL. I even went to a CFL game ALAN two years ago - the first game of that season - between the Toronto Argos an& the :.C. Lions. Suffice to say, I was not impressed. It took just one game to sour, me on the CFL from that point onward. The game was a real yawner with the Argos, as usual, showing the home town fans how NOT to play football. The Argo quarterback couldn't complete a pass the whole afternoon and the Lions simply ran up the score. The most excitement through the whole game was watching. one of the drunken Argo devotees getting thrown out of the game,after continually roar- ing "Arg0000s”, kicking the seats and being a general nuisance until the security guard threw him out of the half -empty stadium. Right now, the CFL has fallen on hard times. The owners of the Hamilton Tiger Cats and the Ottawa Roughriders are literally trying to unload the teams for free to anyone with cash enough to absorb their mounting debts. While it would be a sad day if the CFL were to close up shop, look at the bright side. Maybe an .NFL franchise would locate in Canada and then we could see some REAL football.. Successful bazaar The Holyrood Wrheld a successful Bake Sale and -Bazaar at the new Holyrood Community Centres, formerly the Kinloss school. Many from the area browsed through the many items at the sale. Tea was also served and was enjoyed here by Mrs. Arthur Phillips (left) .of Fonthill and Mrs. John Barr. (Alan Rivett photo) 70 years ago December 7,1916 • Enlisted with Navy - WilmetMeDonald, whose home is near Lucknow, has shown more determination to get overseas than any other local man. His friends were rather surprised to see him about town. on Saturday in the blue and rather pictures- que uniform of a British naval seaman. He first enlisted with the 33rd Battalion, and after training with that unit, went as far as Halifax on the way to England. There, on a final inspection, he was rejected because of some slight physical defect, overlooked by previous medical inspectors. He return- ed and going to Camp Borden enlisted with the 142nd Battalion. He remained with that Battalion until it left for England a few weeks ago, when he was again rejected and compelled to remain in Canada. After working at London for a short time, he of- fered his service in the British Navy and being accepted, donned that unifortn. He expects to leave Toronto on Thursday for Halifax, with several hundred other naval reeraits,, who will sail for England by the first available boat. The naval reeruits get all their training on the other side, so they get overseas immediately. In a, Wiltner has been about 19 months with the army. , 50 years ago December 5,1936 Former Sentinel Employee visitedhere - Callers in town on Friday Were Mr. and Mrs. Bert Smith of Dutton, near St. Thomas, who spent a brief visit renewing acquaintances and with Mrs. E.N. Hodgins, a former neighbor when Mr. and Mrs. Smith lived here some seventeen years ago. Mr. Smith was foreman of the Sentinel at one time, after it had been taken over by the late A.D. MacKenzie. He remained here for a period of about five years, dur- ing which time the linotype was installed. Mr. Smith is now editor of the Dutton Advance. Shirley Temple at Lyceum This weekend brings an excellent picture to the Lyceum Theatre with Shirley Temple in "The Poor Little Rich Girl." Shirley is sur- rounded by a group of stars making the picture one of her best. Also two -reel com- edy Mickey Mouse and news reel, and at regular prices, this Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Have you heard - Dunn - Does your Wife darn your socks? • BroWn Sometimeshe use stroliger language than that about them. • 25 years ago December 6, 1961. •Smashed show window, scooped up diamonds - Diamond rings ..and watches, valued at $3,000 to $4,000 were snatched from the show window of Schmidt's Jewelry and China early Sunday morning in a "smash and grab" robbery which was --one of the most brazen break-ins in the village's history. Mr. and Mrs. William Schmidt and son Douglas reside over the jewelry store and were awaken shortly after 4 a.m. by the smashing of gloss. In the short time it took the Schmidt's to get up and check, theives helped themselves to the jewelry and were on their way. A short piece of board is believed to be the weapon that was used to smash the glass. Jagged edges left in the window prevented the lifting of other valuable wat- ches as they were too far out of reach. The speed with which they worked pro- bably accounted for the fact that two dia- mond rings were found lying on the street among the broken glass. SENT INEL • 10 years ago December 8,1976 Lucknow elect four new councillors 4 Four new councillors were electedb serve the village of Lucknow •for the next two years at Monday's election. Ab Murray, local transport operator, led the polis with 433 votes followed by Tom Andrew, a milk distributor in Lucknow who polled 337. Running third was Bud Hamilton, local petroleum distributor, who polled 314 votes. The fourth council position was won by William Crump of town, an advertising representative. He polled 264. 'Lancers win two exciting games - The Lucknow Lancers boarded a bus Friday, December 3 and journeyed to Fergus for their most exciting game this season. Jim Murray got their first power play goal, assisted by Captain Dave MacKinnon and Graham Hamilton. ale