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The Lucknow Sentinel, 1979-08-29, Page 6Page 6-1Atclmow Sentinel, Wednesday, August 29, 1979 The LOOKING BACK LUCKNOW SENTINEL THROUGH THE SENTINEL LUCKNOW ONTARIO "The Sepoy Town" On the Huron -Brute Boundary Established 1873 published Wednesday Business and Editorial Office Telephone 528-2822 Mailing Address P.O. Box 400, Lucknow, NOG 2110 Second class mail registration number -0847 A SIGNAL PUBLICATION SHARON J. DIETZ - Editor ANTHONY N. JOHNSTONE - Advertising and General Manager PAT LIVINGSTON - Office Manager MERLE ELLIOTT - Typesetter MARY McMURRAY - Ad Composition Subscription rate, 511 per year in advance. Senior Citizens rate, 59 per year in advance U.S.A. and Foreign, $21.50 per year in advance Sr. Cit. U.S.A. and Foreign, 519.50 per year In advance Fctrewell to the chief Canada lost its elder statesman when John George. Diefenbaker died August 16. ' He will be remembered as the fiery criminal lawyer from Prince Albert who sept into power as the 13th prime minister of Canada with the largest majority in Canada's political history; as a politician brought low in defeat; as the respected elder in parliament who served for 39 years in the House ofCommons. He cared for the ordinary man and his concern will stand forever in Canada's Bill of Rights. He may never have understood the French Canadian but his concept was of one Canada, united and strong. His. belief in Canada as a country never faltered and all Canadians would do well to share his belief to keep our country together. Thousands of people paid their re- spects when Mr. Diefenbaker lay in state in Ottawa. Thousands came out to meet his funeral train as it carried him home for the last time. They came to say farewell to the chief. He made mistakes and he could be stubborn, but John Diefenbaker never gave up fighting. He died with parlia- mentary papers in his hand. He was respected and it will be a long time before our country sees another statesman like him, if ever. wins quill award • •from page 1 of boys. Suddenly, a room filled with silence, the boys stopped in their tracks, like' robots without power packs. The secret - Akela had insisted on a red square being painted in the middle of the floor; when Akela was spotted in her square, the boys automatically froze. The same thing happened at camp or any outing, only there, Akela just raised her arm, hollered "Pack" or blew a whistle. She had earned their respect, but also their love. Akela would learn family secrets, soothe hurt feelings and fingers, endure pet snakes and bugs, console disappointments and encour- age her little friends. Yes, she thought of them as friends. In her years as leader, she got sons of former cubs into the pack. One former cub asked to come back as a leader; he felt he could still learn something by working with his "Ak- ela". A family joke was that a prospective son-in-law had to become .a cub leader before he was allowed' to marry her daughter. One of her big thrills was, obtaining the Wood Badge, the highest award given to a Cub or Scout Leader. She even completed training and qualified as a Scout Leader, one of the first women. in. Ontario to do so.Her biggest reward, though, was the ac- complishments of her boys. When this lady, just at home hiking through the woods as she was at fancy dinner parties, resigned from the pack to retire to Florida with her husband, the cubs cried, the other leaders and the community felt the loss. Akela had become an institu- tion, a by-product of wanting to -help and caring for all those who came in contact with her through the years. Her monetary gain for all her service was negligible; her rewards many, whether it was a smile, a hand shake or a handmade gift from one of her little pals. When this lady passed away four years ago, her family indeed felt the loss. The community mourned. Two of the cubs, forced their fathers to take them to the funeral home, in uniform, to say goodbye to Akela, their friend. Donations poured in- to the Boy Scout Association, a tribute to this lady's memory. A lady, who, a devoted mother, took, the time to help in the commun- ity where she felt she was needed. You may be wondering how I got to know this fine lady. She was my inspiration, my guilding light. She taught me to cook and sew, but she also taught me' to give of myself, to get out into the community, first as a cub leader, now as a Kinette, to serve where possible. She was my mother. I know I'll never fill her boots. She taught me not to expect riches, but so far my rewards are thounting, in friends I've made and know- ing I've helped in a small way to make my community a better place. This to me, is Community Service, and hopefully, I won't forget it. 75 YEARS AGO To whom it may concern: Since coming to Lucknow to reside, I have had one or two applications for marriage and I am very sorry to say and am credibaly informed that one or more of my ministerial brethern have asserted that I am neither an educated gentleman or an ordained minister of the gospel. I have never claimed to be an educated man, yet possibly know enough to be a gentleman and as- for a Christian, my life may speak for itself. If asked for my credentials, I can produce them and show for 38 years I have been a regular ordained Baptist minister and to the young people of this community I beg to say 1 shall be most happy to tie the marriage knot. J. T. Smith It is reported that 22 barns were datroyed by lightning in the storm of Wednesday, , July 27 in Huron and Wellington Counties alone. Notice is hereby ,given that any boys found trespassing in the firehall will be prosecuted. By order, W. J. Taylor, Chief of Fire Co. The Band of the Black Watch, the Royal Highlanders is coming to Canada by gracious permission of His Majesty the King, 62 strong, including ten pipers to play at the Canadian National Exhi- bition. The band will give three concerts on the grounds daily. It will also figure in the magnificent spectable illustrating "The Seige and Relief of Lucknow", for which the well-known story of Jessie Brown will furnish the romance and one of the prime foundation incidents. 50 YEARS AGO The railway companies are not running harvesters excursions to the West this year. There is no great demand for- help in the harvest fields out there this- season, owing to the almost complete failure of the spring crops over a large section of the prairie .country. It's going ,to make a great difference to the country. Think of all the coming and going there has been at this season between the east and west for the past 30 years.. This year , the • eastern folks are all staying home. Financially to the west as a whole, it' may not make as much difference as would at first appear. With many elevators still filled with 'wheat of last, year, there is no saying how low prices would have gone had flanitoba and Saskatchewan been blessed with another bumper crop. We didn't see it but we are told by parties capable of judging speed that an' automobile was driven along Campbell Street, Lucknow on Sunday evening at the rate of about 70 miles per hour, and that another (perhaps the same car driven by the same fool) passed along the same street at a speed of 50 to 60 miles her hour on Saturday evening. The parties who drove these cars must have been drunk or crazy or both. They were potential murderers and ought to be disqualified for driving an automobile or shut up • in jailfor safe keeping. What Lucknow needs is a "speed cop" or constable such as' the one over in Belgrave. This man has a blacksmith shop on the main street and when he sees a car passing which he thinks is breaking the speed limit, .he gets the license numbers if he can and has no hesitation in laying a charge. We are told quite a number are becoming indifferent to the stop signs in town. There is no use scolding about this. Convictions are the only 'remedy. Our local constable ought to be instructed to put in a few hours occasionally at the stop intersections and lay a charge against every driver who does not stop where the stop signs are placed. The killing and maiming of well behaving people and the destruction of cars is not the whole mischief done by reckless drivers. Every traveller on the road is haunted by a sense of danger, for it is'true that no matter how careful you may be, you are not safe for "you may meet a fool". Get these fools off the road! " 25 YEARS AGO Holyrood and the surrounding com- munity was shocked and- saddened by the tragic death of Jack McDonald, 21, who drowned August 11. He was deck hand on the oil tanker S. S. Britamoil sailing between Toronto and Montreal. At Coteau Landing about 30 miles from Montreal, Jack was to jump to the wharf to anchor the ship, a. duty he had performed often. On this occasion he missed his footing, " slipping into the water between the boat and wharf disappearing before help could reach him. He was the eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert McDonald of Holyrood. Elmo Pritchard has started on the show circuit again and expects to take in about 35 fairs before winding up the season. He has the same matched team Of four and five-year-old Belgium mares which' won him many red ribbons a year ago and have made a good start this season. He opened at Aylmer last week and went on to Ridgetown and VVoodstock. He won the Royal Bank trophy for the best team on the grounds in a class of 14 at Ridgetown. Congratulations to Sam Durnin who reached the 90th milestone on Wednes- day, August 25. The years rest lightly on Sam's shoulders an4 he still thinks nothing of that daily, jaunt from his home - east of the village. The only child of John W. Hanna, provincial member for Huron Bruce riding, died in a highway crash five -miles south of Gravenhurst early August 27. John C. Hanna, 21, had acted on behalf of his father in presenting the Hanna lawn bowling cup at the Wingham greens about midnight last Friday. He left shortly after for Bala to spend the weekend with a friend. Stewart Nimmo who was accompanying John is in serious condition in hospital in Bracebridge. ...because every child has the right to smile 1979 International Year of the Child Unicef Canada (!) 4-. ' •e70,44. \, .;