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-' THE 1 UCI NOW SENTINEL•
Ontario
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• Established 1873 .—
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• L. C. "Thompson, Pulblisher. and Proprietor.
THURS., ; FEBRUARY 9th, ' 1950
L1.IGI0OWsENTIN'EL,, .I,UCKNOW, ONTARIO
• 1
•' DUSTRIAL 'LOCATION, NOT .
3N
MERE. ECONOMIC. MATTER...
• When' 'Chambers •,of,Commerce,
raurnOipai councils and transpor-
'.cation. - experts' and economists
discuss .the problems ':of attract=.
:fir industry to. •a particular. smun
iclpalityf they Olt about such
things as . freight rates, proximity
the source. of Material, y,
, suppl.
to,
and distribution costs.;'
DIT
They Tawe partly right, ,for, these
some part
• have
,' •finch.
factors w
,are.....
in determining the most economic
o � ation of any industrial enter
loc '
prise.
Neve, however;.°underestimate:
themaw er '. of a woman nor the
sociability • and;: "livability" ' ,o#'
one's community;
This'fact •was recently' eznpha-
Sized --by '-inaznufaotuners-in
'cus • in' the matter of decentral-
s g
ization• of industry, Industrialists.
SEAWAY NEEDED!: �.
(By L. ,Stingel,, ungannon)
So John L. DLewis is; to blame?
But• this is no excuse, we claim,
For. down in Sydney and Glace
•Bay
There is coal enough, theysay,
For the railroads here to burn,
But we fdo the seaway spurn
As 'twould . cut into .Our earning,
No* the. hard way we are learri-
lig;
reed awl rt -e or not•' And some trains .are standing,atill•
abande , o shoa
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r n 4
It : does: not seem reasonable, Cause„ we Wouldn't .foot' the bill
however, that. the railway should, To make' a 'seauray .to AtI'antic,
le to keep ce with. Some of us were .driven frantic.
not ,be,..ab . �, ,.,
.tr ns sortation, -'de'.' e'thought.' how, •much. we'd"
Present, dlaY � p' As W
BRWA Y ...gth, 1950
,.THROUGH -THE
Sixty: Years ....go .. r
D. C.. Taylor was Noble Grand
of Lucknow .Lodge I,O.O.F, and
John Elliot was recorder,
' ; The -reading room of the Me-
;Chanics Institute 'was •open each
week -day. evening. from 6 .to. 10.
p.m.,- except ' on ,Saturdays when
the..hou„rs ,were from 2, to' 6. The.
was D. D. ` Yule' •.arid
president
James Somerville was secretary.,:
SENTINEL. FILES
Ranger was T.•' G. ' Gaunt, Frank`
Henry,; vfiancial secretary ,of the
lodge since it was organized,, gave' "
the • address. of the evening;
Catering arrangements were id' • •
charge. ' of Ken. Paterson.' • The.
lodge l,ad a men ibreship of 83,
res M ` Armstrong staged her
p • w
Mrs: j.
•riands�and still be the chief con-, ' ••
: ,.., : , 'spend. • .. . • - ,•. ::• �sixt'h- annual: benefit in •the. Tern.,
tender for ' this • fl'ourish ng bust- ,Before pthe frea�ghters• caul �. , : ro ram
, peralnce Hall: A variety • p
g
ti • • � ascend' � w . , r , resentat�on
reels::.• was° featured by the{ p_
` thin seems certainr-=ser- grin irig us the' coal for burning, „ .i
One, g g, • of •the farce.. Mx;_ .. n which
'vice on the.branch lines, compar- That would :let, . the wheels ,keep part were ''Robert
vic
those taking
able .to''the' horse and buggy era, • turning,'; George Murray, Amrtiby
• •McNabb,,'
Will only be •a Millstone .to a • ••' ` Grundy, Maggie Burgess, ;1VIag�
progressive and prosperous sat : ;.;
r..
i TERROR. : gie Campbell and Kate . Murdoch, •
Tonal' system.. .• DEATH'S
pointed out ' that in -some • cases.
the 'biggest ` single :obstacle was
. no
x�•g adequate
the cost of'• rnov�ing,:the find-
ing ade uate personnel, nor
freight rates,no hydro rates, but
.
merely convincing °cel tain. key
•error Y `lo` eel and 'their. wives thatP Y
life in :a sniall`town: was "human".
Making strangers feel, at home,
improving local recreation :facil
4.
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VASTLY OVERRATED •Thomas •Davis died at his home
•- ---- at Paramount:• a was . survived.
"Look death ;in the face" caun- ,b his wife, one son' and two
•
HE CANADIAN' SCENE.: .. �.. ,
Y
leis J. D Ratcliff,',in: the Feibru� ;daughters. nett' officers'' were.. tpres;,. Finlay,
Phe
e. t the Lan' business atmos ,• •
• Digest' "His count- The. Sentinel was .passing : on
utset of 1950 is iri., wry Readersi D, igest.MacDoniald•, ; vice 'pies.; Gladys.
e at g the o the warning .to the .ladies' that .
u �cer=• ''.t so terrifying as , weions . MacDon'ald;MacKen- '
some' :degFree 'clouded by. P ere le isn't the us r;.qf' :;hot curling i ,•
.. � . verse . • , rel ole �' ,� , • . _ : zie;•' trews:, • "Dou:glas MacDonald; .
taint and .,coon eve ad re: led to Ybeheveb All �; va. a ld turn their. hair gray• pre
Y a
wou
winds roars• .owrerseas: But. . . death ''is • • • <
trade n ence , indicates that maturely.
,• pianist.
ress irepouea'rEnola ed rBuswe g;
v xtumerous ,,appraisals ev d . „' .
ud u1 b M d�- :; :ewell __banquet Was, being p_ •s :._ _ l
-J•-_.g__.g .,. �., .. _:..._ �..�� _--._---- e-nerally�welcomed; �by the -..age, ,A fax , • 4
Hook for arti�cu�la� fines � •' : 'Hotel � Blackhorse,:. form r:ePx'eseY�tatiV'es; I; �BobT
t the nu P s merciful relief :held at Roes ,
• :. .. •n � canxiot:.red' 'infirm, offers' : , , , ,: .� 0k -deputy .Thompson, Clark -Finlayson;_
the, consensus.• of. opmno a for T. • J. Stewart, an
r Edith:Smith, Catherine.:MacKeri- •
btermed : • essimistic. Business the' sick. Although they 'hap .Kinloss
e 'p ... • reeve of
nnan• months •been .foie- feared -death all ' their lives' the:
liar fo Y
A home: guard ' brigade, was
drilling at Whitechurch 'under the •
command :of Capt., Robt, Carr.ick;:
Whttechttrch folk gavt a rous-
ing
o s-
,,.
i sendoff to. :Russell 1VIcKa ..
Toni Gart in and John Kennedy,
who 7.1:eft •?for' 'London after ' en-
listing.in the t ird ' certtingen
t
Twenty. Years Ago''
Joan Tiffin, •9-year-old:daugh
ter : of ' Mr...and Mrs, "Elmer Tiffin.
of Langside, died fol'iowing ani•
appendix operation. ' She was ill
with scarlet fever at the time
The High School'Literary'Soc .
ities, raising the' culrtural level `
•'of a community and' : other', sun
filar •'considerations' are �of:t a n.
" ; '.'hard-headed:
"pooh -pooped • by
business men' '.and labor leadersr
o `claim' ;that the anain job of
`wih
:.. a chamber of :commerce or ^a:'town:
ouncil 'is to :go out Land. get' More
'd try 1 on 'the side of .,tabilityc Moreover,
industry'.
warned of •�niore difficult and everwhehning majority of'people
n •
y
ier conditions ' ahead, I
spabt
are willing, to• meet it when it
Township who'
had accepted a position travelling'
er-Masse Company.
for the, Sawy Y
of Ilarriilton
Said that
'fairly•.!be a
.es .
deed; . it m.ay, con A, .drowning f
while Canada's. `postwar economic
'. Testifying
.to the. • abse ice of
-agony: and: terror in dei .pisthe
of tthousands who
have. died by, .drowning;
h k as xna io'n—
Y
rem me ica a
:b •
e Ratcliff'
These • neo 1 ,
teniti;on. • .P . p :
,article -
' ibex
t .
avein ' e. -.
m
L
fro
ed the -40d-':
Y► ,
turned frown .^and in
bl theyreport that'. there:
n' Tush • no' Pain,. no ter-`
vwas. no a g P
•rer mere an,all-enveloping
eace"
p
physician, Sir'. . Wil-
The ' reat- phys ,
g
!Tarn, Osler • studied': .500' deaths.
ental... , . ! . re-
n two . showed :signs
pension,• b lY , . incial secretary was accepted .:tb
ld•
In , .accident :occurred,
t NfcFarlan•s Lake at Kinlough..
T,We ouhg nen; referred' to only
. Y.
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hole-where'they
through: a
a been, cutting' ice.. , Ratcpro-'experience
zne. III Lorraine • Bra!bson; . Bili
Campbell.
aced' with.. `'e Major ex.pendi
cure :of a proposed dornestic'water.'
advisoryMurrayitPrivategot
1 abSent.,
h t only to J G Anderson Russell Robert
` e' ' following a ;,ri revived y pt d 1 t son and•.A, D. Mackenzie, was ap'.
debt be p '
ears" is still pointed to work with theCour►=
trend in postwar.y d th e -and was drowned
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hi h 'hi:..relation : to outman t 1 condens cil 'and' .Hugh McIntosh and E1=
not unduly gpoints, •
income and resources. There
is no
"h d ed re lieu ' Miller
the
tcanvass .
'tock 'market , T' . •can.
large, rvolume •_of •s
culation recariously poised'on varia y , .. how many
spe PTh
install this
iffy -Five Years : Ago.
The Women's' Committee • of the
•Patriotic''. Lea• : 'e •'bras• asking :to
cotton. and table linen pieces
'left ''at `:Miss. Bo d's,•.dressmaking
Y
rooan, to be used in• making `lint
and !bandages.. for .army hospitals
,a fatindat on of borrovried money.
All.'.these • are
Fant factors l
'inPort .. �d tool .
• have
. ,
It sten . ha ,.pens; however;•, that while there is, general acceptance
9 Yp
•'�a
_I 196
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nti
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seemingly unimportant considera of the •possiibility thatY
,
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A
to
ii
•
ions suc ,.
things ':which 'determine • the in-
, os
r-
' cial r
``dustriial and comn,er, 'P Pe ,
ity. of a 'town or village.
Industrial heads ''etre .:unques-
essed iby the Way
/ aioriafbEly "impr Y
,of life in any communityin which
theyywlo. d` . consider locating:
(.They like the: plea They, like
Tn ypeople.
the; fisfhing. They like'•the beauty
° of the' community. They •are im-
essed by the 'cleanliness' of . the
• !pf
town: In other words, they thank
that's the: sort: of'.' place I'd' like
to live in and'raise my children:
And if their key executives . feel
the same'Way, the'industrial' prod
gress of.;.that..town •is' stiire
A friendly 'welcome and a
pleasant :face is Often a greater
.
asset to ;.a • comm -unity • than . a
, 'strategic' location., •
I1VIP'ROVE- IT, OR END IT•
' paper
This •
. _Wh _ not. reduce the.
` 'the C.N.R.•. curtailed .its service all saving._ . Y . , '
s ` did not "join the
hue and' Crythat Was raised when
ars-c---Peee SL frim he
peaks achieved in 1949, a survey
of foreseeable prospects strongly
suggests :that the year will. still
reasonably ood business
witness, reale Y g
conditions. •
When the osi
There .are,, times rnv , p
lion: of the small town newspaper
publisher, is notes ,enviable one.
in on mews is the
The `report g ; ..,
paper's business • 'sand obligation,
and whenever p tine information.
is :available ' -there. is little choice
Publish it, regardless,
but. to .:polo
though stripe of the , sensational
and tempered by consideration.
R:,
Deachman Ottawa econ-
o•
mist,
J.
ist comes.' forward with die
erre ,
�ed to
otic
were appointed
:town. 'to determine.•.
hotiseho'iders. ,would .
domestic • ,water ser -
All:. these
er-
:vice , •
ub
orifi C
1
f ` the . ,Curling .:Officers o
O. Gallaher;;
were: pies.,, :Rev. E.
vire pres.,• C. Finney; , sec., T.
of terror• Dr Arthur ' MacDona in
.`: est
Toro '
Th 'b l
'ef
incorporate "a' new .'company
his t
acids
that dying is, acco'rilpanied by
'severe suffering, may arise ,from
misinterpretation'., of o"u-t:w a r d
physical,. signs.. The'' act 'is confus-
ed with symptoms:of the disease
Which ' preceded death.' There
seems " to ;;be • a'•• pause in mature
the
seems
has conquered,' the
bat e is over: The body, fatigued
battle The
by its efforts;to sustain itself, is
read o die: All is' tranquility".
Ya
Dr ' Alfred Worcester„ professor
emeritus of; hygiene at Harvard,,
•says: "Death . is almost .always*,
preceded by a. perfect willingness'
tTMo.' die.. It is eas at the last,
Y. ,
ny.; .e;,. e1 .P.. •
LuCknow known -as The" Sepoy,
Ntanufacturing �mpariy'(forts . .. t 73'"
'John S MacDonald,, who a
erl� the�I .g H ld C ) re
Y � fid for �• 58 years• as p
idea that the number. of members.
ent ' in.:'the "'.Federal
,
of,
..parliament
House, he reduced ,,from ' 272 to:
150 and that salaries" be. 'boosted
'frown. 6,000 to , $1,0;000,. 'Which
would' result in'a sizeable '•over -
mid -da . train •ser- numlbers to 150 -•-period.,
over -
and cut •. off Y . w '
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from ', Luc � _. dw.:..It o
.t and .. kn
., � : • .,n, cheek
would be • With tongue ,r
td " have done so. .•
:Mitchof <fhe •bran
ch .' line sex;p
vice' provided by the O.N.'R. is. Of
thehors
e and' buggy days and
ith curtailment was of ; little. con-
cern to the rank: and file of the.
community, . who depend' largely
' is '
. on , motorized vehicle f or
ran
t
por.tation and f3;eiglit haulage.. •
'`.Mail 'and express' ,service was
• the` chief concern when the cur-
ta ent order. • was announced,
but transport , service replaced
The iron horse and 'as 'a result
the afternoon mail is now avail-
• able' locally ,an hour or so earlier
&than• heretofore.
If the ,C:N.R:. can' .devise ,'no.
better system . of;, transportation
than its outmoded, cumbersome
and slow mixed train mid-day`
service, • it is, all to ,the •good
• that
this 'effort at railtway'••service .be
en Years, Ago .•':
m rial Ba o er : o.
i•h• an •authorized capital ''of•`.acted:; '
wt
center .at South: Knloss. Church,,
$20,000.' The charter • rriern�bers eivi .. widespread pub-
Dr:. G. A. New was rec nog
were John J ate,. .. this 'connection:
Frank `-Tate W. �G:' Andrew, ,;
Hefty in
ton, ers ,
=The -Whi b trio: of :broth ,
'George It Smith, Joseph Aglnew t Y
Who ;enlisted` 'soon after •war was
and W. J '.Wraith.. The. Company � hen
:,Was':' manufacture declared, :were'hro1 'broken ,up when.:
,was authorized to iia u his :'discharge;d�te.;;
trucks, sleighs,' ;Sid was given
`bag � holders,'g ,
"etc: to unpaired. hearing
Wheelbarrows; ladders, ,
'was: com risme ,''and Mrs. 7Y'hoxn.as: A• ,MP`` '
Ashfield Counc 1 , P Mir
Stewart,.. of Hazenmote, Sask, ob-' •
ed • as . follows.—Charles ' Keith
e :'.Joseph P: _Dalton`': James. Served:: their 5'Oth` wedding anni-:
reeve; p
Alton,' .Joseph Haek'ett; T�lomas•• J. • ver-sary. {"-
n Easter Sunday fell ;ons 'March
5 and
22nd; the earlsest' since 1425;
early, again
:would net occur, so
t il' .the ear' 2000
until' Y
milton• a former res
•R�ol�ert;;H,a ,,
ied' in Reston,
idem of,Holyroad, died
�Mnitdba' in' his' 95th.year: •
a 1
ences'. of, 'three`' years 1t1, '•;
rent._ __... _ . ; -_ ., . ,�o..::
iri ...ton were' handed: out to t
;youths' wlio pleaded ;guilty
robbery' at Kingsbridge, when"
to .. istol .in ',pulling
they 'used a Y ,p
the stick-up.
, s' 'for •knitt '•,
Wool ;arid. direction
r the armed forces.
in,g, socks 'for . ' ally' bY.
were being given out lec
and Mrs.
lVixs. Harvey Treleaven.
?ri:i1;erclis,:14Thelee Bdardwascddill competent 'observers agree . roblemof:thethat, except. in imaginationthere 1p
defunct 'West.' Shore Railway. , .
Posts were .being put up along,
the Fourth for 'mail boxes . on
•
i.. R. 6, Luekriow.'
Members of ;the ,. St. • Helens
,
'Library Board we're Pres Rev'
`1VC�aclnto'sh; vice pres., D.-McKen
z;e; secretary, T, B: Taylor: treas.,
W. • E. Gordon;•librarian, Miss.
Colina Clark directors, Mrs. Pet-
er Clark,' Mrs. W,• "E. Gordon, -1C..
I. Miller, Peter Clark, John Joyrnt,
Will Rutherford, 'Ross .Murray, R.
:sight in this com¢nunity but 'it l and. Pleasantness after The initial .Robinson,'
is p
is no such things as `d'eath a,g!ony .
Contractions of :the dying tbody
are merely the .contractions , of re-
flex `mluseles. Facial contortions
'are involuntary and., not: indicat-
ors orf pain. 'R member, faces are
often contorted in. sleep", •'
One :;-'- hysician, carried, , to ; the
p
brinkof death by ~a'severe heart
I
y
White 'bane Week, if nothing, attack,; reported: his sensations 'as,
the sighted I •". i
else, shouldarouse in g .. � those of mil,d ' ; irvtoxncatnon .
a thankfulness for liis tblessing..1 Three others,who drowned., but
The White Cane: is motfa; familar 1 *ere revived, found only peace
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sYiould ''be' remembered wherever r struggle le was over. William Hun,- An oyster supper 'Marked the.
h h 7V 1'16' C O F The 'Chief A E 1VfoKim
cane gives the .
4 ' is seen,'that 'the Baa g, � � ter, .18th century anatomist, ,mor 30th .anntyersary. of Court White-
, user a'•Sense of security, and•. that rnur.ed. with his, last breath:, "Had
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he, . or : she is counting on',:.the I strength to hold' a pen I would
sighted to recognize it and under- urite'•'how easy and pleasant it
�e lives of .
stand its value.The very is to die",
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the 'blind depend . on your. rec•
The' final •flutters of•'a failing
heart : pump• ;an • ever -diminishing,
supply: of blood, Ratcliff says,, and
pain'' attending • the final 'illness,
disappears,'as ser s,ory perceptions
fail Oxygen, • staryatiori that ac-.
companies failing y circulation' at..
Jetts the brain; the patient drifts
into ,darkness..without pain, with-
out sensation. The final ' blacking
out, preceding. death,'' is iri•. no
wise different from falling asleep,
ognition of their white' .cane.
Ontario has. no reason to be
complacent about: its traffie rec
ord. ':Same 800 lives were lost
traffic, accidents cluing 1949,. and
at least 18,00.0. persons Suffered-
persoinal ' injuries . from . : which:
seine .of thein are crippled . for.
life.• Will this terrific toll be. re-
peated in •1950?''
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