The Lucknow Sentinel, 1979-01-24, Page 6•
Page 4--Ludgtow Sentinel, Wednesday, January 24, 1979
The Lucknow Sentinel
LUCKNOW, ONTARIO
"The Sepoy Town," -
On the Huron -Bruce :Boundary
Established 1873 - Published Wednesday
Published by Signal -Star Publishing Ltd.
Sharon J. Dietz - editor
Anthony N. Johnstone - advertising and
general -manager
Subscription rate, $11 per year in advance
Senior Citizens rate, $9 per year in advance
U.S.A. and Foreign, $2.1,50 per year in advance
Business and Editorial Office Telephone 528-2822
Afkiling Address P.O. Box 400,1ucknow, NOG 2H0
Second class mail registration number- 0847
The sp• •
irit is fun
Dubbed "Ripley's Believe It
Or Not", the Ripley rink of.
Dianne Brooks, 'Hilda Andrew,
Dianne Farrell and June Paqu-
?tte, came —homefrom the
Southern Ontario Ladies Curling
Finals in Peterborough with only
one win, but they stole the
hearts. of their competition and
the crowds who carne to watch.
The girls kept smiling', even.
though • they were losing_ their
games., and their expressions -of
mock disbelief when they missed
a rock kept the crowd in stitches.
They may have been losing
but they never lost their sense. of
fun. They were therecipients of
the "Horse's :Ass" trophy, pres
ented• to them by the Stayner
rink for -taking the only game the
Stayner girls could have won,'
They went . out to. give their'
competition good games and
they; showed fine sportsman-
ship.
They brought home the exper-
ience gained and who knows
what could happen next year?
• ie girls were _up against
• some tough competition, who_
play every day: ,and in some
instances are coached by Profes-
sionals. .They play a different
game than our girls are familiar
with, because, in this •type of
competition, you play for the
win, not points; as our.girIs do in
the area bonspiels, they usually
.play.
, Like Hilda Andrew : said,
Once' we learned how to play
.their game, we -were better
competition for them:'1
The Ripley rink were never
supposed. to get past last year's •.
Ontario champions, the London
rink.
But they did, and they went on
to prove you can have fun and be
a sport, even when you're down.
And that, believe .it or not., is the
true spirit of sport.
L
The March is on
Today is the beginning of the
Ontario March of Dimes' 1979
• Campaign in our area., The
campaign willcontinue through
the week until .January 31.
• Campaign chairmen for- Luck-
• now and District are Bernice
Davies and Laura•Lee Cayley.
During the 'campaign more
than 40 volunteers will. be
'knocking on doors in Lucknow.
and Dungannon. A rural camp-
aign is also being carried out.
750 rural appeal letters have
been sent to areas w•iere
canvassing is difficult in winter
months. • .
Please make canvassers wel-
come in your home and please
dig in your pockets - as deep as,
you can, because disability is
everyones business. •
Some -people think disabilities
are a •rare occurrence. but, in
fact, one in seven Canadians is
physically disabled. They may
have had an accident or been hit
by a crippling disease, like polio,
multiple sclerosis or arthritis.
They may have been born handi-
capped.
M ,
Whatever the reason, the
,Ontario March of Dimes is there
to help, Not just with wheel-
chairs, artificial limbs and other
aids, but with job training and
placement programs, camping
andother recreational opportun-
ities, self-help groups, research,
mobile clinics, assistance with
housing or transportation. Get-
ting the physically disabled
people back into the mainstream
of life is what the Ontario March
of Dimes is all about.
So when the Ontario March of
Dimes' volunteer calls at your
hone, please give generously.
You might be helping someone
very close .to home.
etters to
the editor
Pat Sayer', Mrs. Jerry ,Ross
January 17, 1979. and Mrs. •lda Howald have
manned 'the library desk
during the „pto'.gram.
Volunteer house -keeping
1 would
thanks d. like to express my chores have been performed
co-operation - willingly. And ••• cheerfully'.by
and support
the portoof' the commun- , Pat Sayer, Lisa Hilverda and
ity with some of the new, Nancy. LeBlanc. As well we
.features we have'begun this.
past year.,•
A Children's Story Hour
began in September with the
help of $30.00 from the
Kinette's for colouring
oks, records, etc. The C.B..
Club donated $75:00 for' a„
record player. We have an`
avers e .of ten re-schoofers
Dear Editor:
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each. Monday with the moth-
ers taking turns in assisting.
advertise, support and report
on audience response. TN+Q
of the, .summer programs,
The Magic Show and. the
Museumobile were most suc-
cessful and the Mime pro-
gram was attended by the
Public School classes, Kind-
ergarten .through Grade IV
have had about 2,000 paper accompanied by their teach -
backs and a fey hard covers d a group .
donated by local members to teach -
Te anGolden Circle
` Sc20hfroml
our library.`,oo,
Wingham
The library is here to serve
The Georgian Bay Region-
al Library System, through the community, and we
the Outreach program of the welcome everyone,
Ministry . of Culture and
..Recreation gave us posters.
and paid advertisements for
five of their programs.' Our
only undertaking was- to
Sincerely,
Lorna Guay,
Librarian.
tooKING:BAcK. TuRomit THE SENTINEL
75 YEARS AGO
At the meeting of the Bruce County
Council in Walkerton on Tuesday, John
McCharles of Huron Township Was elected
warden of the county.
The election of Tuesday last,to select
twocouncillors for the village council, was
hotly_ contested and the tiee candidates in
thefield made a very good run. James''
Henderson heads the • polls with 142 votes,
J. C. Murdoch; 137 and Dr. A. M. Spence,
107.
Two rinks of the Lucknow Curling Club
went to Wingham on Thursday last to play
off the district matches, for the Westerr,
Ontario Tan\tard and defeated the Wing -
ham Club by two shots. .This entitles
Lucknow players to play in the finals at St.
Marys. Lucnow players are Rod Mathe
son, .J. McGarry, R. McLeod, W. Allin,
skip, J. B. Hunter, R. Johnston, James
Bryan and J. G. Murdoch, skip. Allin's rink
won out by 13 shots and Murdock's' rink
were down 11 shots.
The annual. Burns' Anniversary Ball,
under the auspices of the Sons of Scotland,
of Lucknow, as held in the Town Hall on
Monday evening, January 25th, and not
withstanding the inclement Weather, was
one of the most enjoyable affairs. The
music was to have been furnished by the
London Harpers, but owing to the storm
and the consequent cancellations of the
'
train's, the Harpers were unable to get
through. At the last minute the committee
appealed to Messrs. D. C. McMorran,
John Henderson and D. Geddes, who very'
kindly filled the breach and furnished the
music that was enjoyed by all.
• 50 YEARS AGO
Mr, . and Mrs. John s MacKenzie, of -
concession 4 of Kinloss Township, cele-
brated their golden wedding anniversary at
the home of . their daughter and her
'husband, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Gaunt, on
the second concession of Kinloss on
January 15. The original wedding took
place at the home of the bride's°twin sister,
Mrs. Thomas Mirehouse, on the second
concession of Kinloss. The couple have
lived for the fifty years of their married life
on the original MacKenzie homestead, on
the fourth concession of Kinloss, Their four
children were present at the' golden
'wedding, Elizabeth, Mrs. Thomas Gaunt;
Margaret, Mrs. John. Miller of West
Wawanosh; Alexander, Kinloss and Kath-
erin of North Bay. Nine grandchildren and
an infant great grandson were also
present. '
Nearly 800., people crowded into the
Kincardine skating rink Monday night to
Witness a senior league hockey match
between the home team and the Ripley
aggregation, which for years has \been a
formidable antagonist to the boys of. the
Lake Shore town. It was a real battle all the
way through. The first period ended with a
score of 1 - 0 in favour .of Kincardine. But
this was offset in the second, when; in spite
of the most stubborn resistance, which at
times threatened to become rought, the
visiting team scored opt; making a tie of 1
1. The third period saw no slacking in the
contest, each team putting every ounce of
grit and effort into the _game. Kincardine
scored once again but got no further and
the end came with a score of 2 - 1 for the
home team. No better entertainment could
be put up for hockey fans - a snappy game
from start to finish and victory for the home
team.•
25 YEARS AGO ..
Bread prices in Lucknow dropped as' low
as 15c on Tuesday to bring the price war
into full swing. For a time, bread has, been
available at certain outlets for 16c but this
week it's an all-out affair, with another
cent lopped off. Milk is also being offered
at cut-rate prices.
Flooding of the basement of Cowan's
Restaurant, the latter part of the week, was
the first indication ,of more water main
trouble on Campbell Street, and residents•
and business.,° places along the "Main
Drag" had a pretty dry weekend of it. The
water Was turned on periodically; to
replenish. "storage" supplies in bath tubs
and whatever containers were on hand. J.
C. Johnston and Howard Robinson teamed
to dig three holes, before locating the
trouble. Monday evening. It was a rusted
out connection on the galvanized piping.
where ittapied- the main in front of
Morrison's Harness Shop. Repairswere
made and water 'service °restored by.
Tuesday afternoon.' '
Rev: Robert A. MacConnell will be 90.
years old in May, but despite his years is
alert and active and can still preach an
inspiring sermon. He more than proved
that recently, when lie conducted morning
and evening services in the Lucknow
Presbyterian Church, and between times,
made the. trip to Dungannon to occupy
Erskine Presbyterian Church pulpit in the
'afternoon.
Mrs. Thomas MacDonald, a resident of
the Lucknow district, for much of -her life-
time, celebrated her 92nd ,birthday on
Monday, January 25th, Robbie Burns day.
%To mark the event, a family dinner was
held on. Sunday at the home bf Mr. and
Mrs. C. E. Smith of Seaforth, with whom.
Mrs. MacDonald makes her home. A
descendant of Highland Scottish forebear-
ers and a lover, of the pipes and Scottish.
traditions, it seems only appropriate that
her birthday' should fall on the birthday
anniversary of Scotland's bard, Robbie
Burns,