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Member • of, The C. W. N. A. ,
L. C. Thompson, Publisher. • and 'Proprietor
, THURSDAY, • Y 6th, 1943
S In deciding ''what business, •hours, are e ` .to •
` `be observed in`Lueknow during the next ll-� .
: E D I T O R II A months; . merchants ,are •to , be :individually -no
.ed as, to etheir•, preference. 'By the time this is
read the • petition may be .circulated and a. des
cision reached. • '
We would recommend, that a poll o f . the
'consumer, rather than:the retailer, be taken
to determine these hours. • • -
After . ail, .•as: one speaker pointed -out at
`en`s meeting last • week, • it:is
ervice rather than an 'abundance. of rrierchan
THE NEW .LEADER' •
Hon. Harry Corwin Nikon, former Provrn-
-Heial • Secretary of Onterio, .• was made the un-
animous choice .at leader of the Liberal Party
in Ontario, at a two, day convention m Toronto.
Premier Gordon D Conant withdrew from the
leadership ° mace, when he was removed• .to the
'the
•
voic itoragow saNymix, : Liummow, ONTAE1
gauge, people familiar • with such carripahe=
amazed that Victory Loans are staged -at
a cost''of only 1 y'r Ole
cent. ' •
j�ya i .{ n
't a sfi:k!' 0.
e :er.ask' of.%s�`tylg` :t-o,..en ub-:
"Scriptions`of a M iau-W.1ara to'Victory•Loans.-.
-•i f-.; ,.e .faced, such ..a -task; we would.be pl ... as d
indeed if •we were •able•to keep & cost down
to ' 1 per cent.
POLL THS' . CI3S` i�h Y` . •
TUVRS1l,I't', "MA.IC 6th, 1948
ocal and General
iters -,and -visitors at W
arood and Mr. and Mrs. Dave 'Todrl
Jack Macintosh of -Toronto
Mrs. a with her Moth-
er, week Mrs. James Alton, .who re, •
turned to the city to spend some
Mr Macintosh of the-
Canadian Ordnance Com•
ardF li dips ``W* at
.t Iu n
ordyce. •ya, 1 ..
Mrsarotd Alkin :.-i„s canvales�
cing' after a:siege of illnessYwith
the mumps and influenza.
Business M
hospital) during. the convention suffering from • s
• disc that the merchant has "for sale" today..'
nervous and physical exhausts, .
new leader, ,who • • bliWhy not let those. who "buy" that service:.
ld '
The n • h has been in pu c
life' for twenty-five years, 'states: "It is.my. ,
mail purpose.` to: work' for a united Liberal
Federal and Provincial• and to see
party "'
'the • Government, of Ontario restored to a pro-
- per democratic-and�`tri-ly representative bash, "
and kept'so".
The new leader. is a' Brant County farmer
of United Empire Loyalist stock, and- operates '.
the farm pioneered by his grandfather one hun-
dred years "ago. Upon graduating from' the On-
tario
ntario; Agricultural College„ Mr Nixon married
Alice : •Jackson of Guelph. ; Their ' eldest : son,
.Jackson, graduated from. O.A.C. in 1940. Three
weeks later he enlisted in the Royal Canadian
Air •Force, • graduated as a pilot. officer, flea
tt�o-- : tland,.ate.-- Be'P ber 19.41 �v
��iri`��, ht� bombing
• was killed •while o long-range nisi b
oration" over `Germany: A daughter of. Mr.
onThursday.. mo
and Mrs. Nixon is with :tile Worsen s. Division well to remain•open.
as usual. This would extend the businessweek
of the R.C:A.c Nixon__was
In ' blic life since: 1919, Mr. well in excess .' of ' fifty-six hours for ' a three
group and one of the months' period, but could be scarcely be term -
most'" leader of the Progressive, Government.. . 'ed 'unpatriotic. .
effective critics of the Henry :
Those' who prefer to reinain open ed -
Iii 1934 Mr. Nixon threw is his fortunes .with,. 4c. y DHy r - • .
._' _; •.� _a ulteed- '-+til li A1111.h • e
brought the "back` Concession",vote into the t d ,that it will enable merchants' to render
decide, or at least guide,.as to what • it shoo .
be? .Especially when there is a lack of .un-
animity on the part of local. retailers
This.should=not•-be-too•-difficult.-A=schedule.:
y of suggested hours could, be available in• each,
place of business, and the patrons • el, each store
asked ::to . r.cord : their preference. True.' there
might be a considerable variation of opinion,
but that exists as the situation ,now stands.
But ; why is any of this necessary? •
-There are many' argurnerits `pro and , con,:.
community fo
• but - we see little - need , in this:�' , r
, . any `very drastic steps to` be taken in altering.
We be-
business hours as a wartime measure..We. ,to
lieve: it would ;be _ service of conaven e .•
-rut al resiideriits, for business -places -i u now
to remain open ' on, Wednesday.:eVenings dur-
ing the :, months of June, July, August, • and as
Mrs. • Idea IZackett, who has
spent ,theiririter ;in Goderich,. re-
turned
e-
t n d ti her horse' here an •Mon-... bmeothere M •
ay. - 'Royal
Mrs. _Cecil McAlpine, Marlyn at Toronto, :spent ,Easter week -
and Donald, were guests `of Miss end here, also.
•.CsL .2 .,. ..
ure
d
Jessie, 'Renders
week -
on in Toronto last
Left For Brampton wh has
Agnes . Conely
The Misses Marjorie 'Pur on • been taking a course in
d Miss gn ale
and Mary Cautionspent the weelt
graphy and typewriting in
local Express and Telegraph, Of-
.
nd at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
e
J•m Purdon f •.-has taken -.a -Position_. -m -the
i - •ice and left
Rev. Robt. A. MacConnell has C le R. station, Brampton, day:
returned home l after spending a for that• point o .
couple of weeks° with S Observed 84th Ith tl day •
ith friends in
trathroy.
Mrs, Geo. A. Phillips spent
Easter week at Mount Forest
with her niece and nephew, Mr:
and Mrs Neil Phillips
-Mrs: -(Dr.) C. E. Morgan and
Mary cif •Guelph spent Easter •
Week with the former's parents,.
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Boyes.
Jack Kilpatrick is able oto move
around 'a- little' now with' . the aid'
of a,crutch He suffered ha severe
fracture of the ankTe ; about. a
month ago.
HOLY -ROOD
In .The Hospital'
•: Mr• • A. R. Anderson- of Dun-
gannon, who has been a patient
in the Goderich hospital for the
past mo'nth,�-owing--to ^an _yinjuury
.suffered . in falling from _an apple
tree in his garden while pruning,
is now convalescing at the me
of his nieces the Misses' A and
Hazel Webster. While in the os-
pitai he celebrated' : his ei ty-
fourth birthday last Monday and,
was visited that day by a•number
of relatives and friends.
Rev. and Mrs. I•Iarold Ackert,.
Iona and Donald of Moncton were
recent visitors' at Mr. Ernest: Ack-
ert's. Miss Eunice .Ackert . who
spent her- Easter vacation here
returned home with them and,
Mrs; 'Harold Hackett remained for"
a few days.
b:a_Lhis ton-
sils removed. in Wingham hospital
enon Thursday.
valuable assistance m relieving the farm labor ' Florence MacDonald
. .
For the sake of argum
, entwhat if it rains
on . Thursday? The'mercliant will have his store
should have if . lie observes the
THE EMPTY ROOM
There's=an-elinptY:
• . a om_ at .the -trip .._.-....:.
of the stair, • • .p
It Was once a little bay's den;
But far horizons divide us to -day,
He's a Captain •oiit there with his
men, rn . '
And though the' ocean divides us,
and we
ave :nothing butmemories
keep,
It is here where we kneel, and -
quietly pray '
In this. roam where our boy -used ----
to sleep. • . •
Liberal .camp•.
While Provincial secretary; Mr. Nixon ten..: ' •
dered his resignation in 1940,` • in protest of.the
feud carried oil `by. the Ontario Government
a,.
against the Federal Government. His . resign to e _
boli `was not accepted by Premier M.' F• Hwait to while
theo wee t wbuycan't work, will
differed
burn and , _ al g But there are no
Mr. Nixon carried on. 'He ' __�� in this one. How
penlyr with. his. colleagues in the Feder By-
of 1942, by opposing ,,the election of . ., many merchants are • youthful .enough, d�f, a -a--~
ections •l-su h sic lyT`able-to--wa�rk--in-a-hay
nd
•or�feighen• ic�utlt"Y?�?k; -azid p=�___. p y
�-��� " Son � might be "tough enough" by
ported Hon. Humphrey Mitchell in Welland. .full day. They g
_ sd, - i •o_
than. his -.W : _haFxvest ;time. If the, closed -shop Thursday. is to
Last October -Mr.. t • as he ins c
resignation be accepted as he opposed what- he. , benefit. the `farmer, : or for the purposbut if i it
nsidered was an. undemocratic methods in , tory gardening,' all well • and good,
• naming the new 'Provincial Premier as•well int amounts
not be eceg �ed very graciously by file
ore than a day og a week,
as the Gdvernment remaining• in power beyond , may
feud buying Public: '
its fiveyear mandate andw . the limited .
•
PT
the continuing e
�• . • , In vie 't d amount of mer-
.
-� ohandise on retailers' shelves and in adhering'
withMrt Nixon's solidarity. in Liberal circles is., Weds r week, the
attested by the fact that he polled 418 out of • original decision to close onF 56 -ho esday nights
• a total of 567 'convention votes. was quite reasonable, arid• in keeping with the
policy ,observed in most towns. - .
�O — 'a -..-4-----..44;,-,` -,• ' `;l ititeint Ymiii ii e"fee t,,lo a ,.».
��i " _ �.: _.--te.' to be, or not to' be, open on Wednesday
If 'a farmer wanted to buy some cattle to fights".
• pasture, he would scour the Countryside, buy -
were available. Suppose he To decide between an opens night Wed-
• ins where. they 'nesday, and cldSed all•day, •Thursday, .seems
Wed -
spent �r,U00 for the cattle: Would he• figure to • � ; ,� be "out. ' of the. frying 'pan into the
that it'cost him too much if he spent $10 in .
on • his car, and his fire''. • '-,
gas• and oil, wear .and tear, (Since • . this editorial Was writ -
time? ten and in type, the petition has
H a merchant needed some ready cash and _ been circulated and which , reade '
ecdeti to put on. a sale which►ould net him provision for a decision for' or .
i ht -
a Spending too much
$1,000, would he be against an o en Wednesda
blie t-ttrat-attracted the�crt maers'stlhlm • The decision having ,been arrive
Y ed et this article can have no
$10. we • effect matter, but is pub-
Sor
Some people suggest (without thinking', efflisected , on thenexpressiont - s the
believe) that too rnuch'money is spent in carry: ^_ -- ,, matter as V e saw ht.)
- _h_ ,,. _ c•-_.. Loann campaigns.
ins Out the victory •. •
•
Possibly they, are not aware that' the over.
all cost (including everytthhig) ainou its to' only
1 per 'cent. ' -
Ninety=nine cents, on every dollar 'goes .to
the Federal treasury, to carry on the war 'ef-
fort and the i nation's business.'
Canadians donated over •$3 million in cash
to the Aid -to -Russia, Fund, plus clothing valued
at over a million dollars, It cost 1.35 per cent
to covet' the cost of this npaige.
It costs about the same perceritage to stage
Red Cross campaigns, the latest of which ,pet-
ted over $10 million-'
ttet xs tent. few + '^
Paims lied as little; iii praportiO i, • . as is or•y
Loan carpai•
Instead of being charged with extrava-
It's' May and with pop , at seven cents, we
would like.to • see the winter overcoat .re-
moved 'froth' the drinking fountain,
Some people seers more concerned over
gasoline, sugar; butter, liquor, tea and meat
rationing, than buying Victory. Bends. Buy
bonds. now for a bleWout after the war, if.
you will:
Thee magazine "Britain", published - by the •
British Information Services, asks this quos. '•
tion: in 19`42 what_..par't of the British Empire,
supper � Russia with . ;.
x,000,000 arid' other war supplies to the :value
of another $50,00,0,000? And then areeeers it
Canada. ..
& Gwen-
dolyn Colwell spent . their first
day at school on Monday.
Mr. Carmen Poliock of Clarks
spent Sunday with Mrs. Almer
Ackert and' Jack.
•Mr
Bob
Win
:d r
ber
Mrs. E�_rnest Acicett_an_d-_,_M .
gold Ackert spent Friday with
s. Wesley Joynt and Mrs. Jack
11 of Lucknow. -
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Graham
Sarnia and son, LAC. Lloyd
raham of Guelph were recent
itors with Mr.. and Mrs: Bill
raham:.
Mr. arid Mrs; Harold Congram
d Shirley spent' Monday. with
d, concession friends.
. and Mrs. Goldie Harris and
hie of Clarks, Mr. and Mrs.
Eadie and Doris were Sun -
visitors ;at -Mrs. ace Ciil=
t's, 10th concession:
Ia
Mr
1.1a
w'
of of
vis
Gr
It's walls are covered with pic-
tures of men,
Great •hockey stars of their day,
There are pennants, and trophies
wherever* you look
And Imick-nacks that' he laid
And though far horizons, and •
His voice seems to whisper again,
You must keep faith, and back
the attack
I'm a Captain out here with my
Win. M. Buckingham.
-an
2n
. anslwairs.-4fie is:-Ilodgins
andr; wlev it d s se Lu =' teadam'''atitr.
1V,iark Johnston's.
Mr. and Mrs, George ISaunders,
Lottie and • Gordon were Sunday
visitors at- Mr. Reggie Broom's
,and Mr. Eddie Thompson:s.
Mrs. Chas. Shiell of Winghain
Chas. Congram's. " •
spent a few days -recently at Mr.
Mr, and Mrs: George Nelson
and family of Paisley were re-
cent
Miss Shirley Rehinson of'Luck.
ow spent the week -end with
las' Voris Eadie. -
The draw ,oe the giant, "The
riple Irish Chain" made on
uesday evening at' the. Victory
oan concert resulted in :Mr.
tore 'Winning the *quilt. The quilt
wag made and donated to the Red
Cross hy Mrs. Thos. Ilarris and
Mrs. Howard Harris and it'real-
(Intended 'for last week) .
(4'4 Underwond spent," Meeday
LETTERS TO
THE DIITOR
Montreal, `May est, 1943.
Editor of The •Sentipel,
Lucknow,1 Ontario.
Enclosed herewith please find
postal note for Um d011ars ($2.00)
in payment of renewal subscrip
tjon te The Sentinel for 'the cur-
rent year.
wish io take this opportunity ' •
on the new -form of Paper and the I
general editdrial policy which yoU
have announeed. I am Confident •„,
that what you have done end '
what you propose to do will Meet -
with get -Level approval, and I ask
srou to accept my persorial thanks -
and :good _seishese-Those of- your -7 -
subscribers who like myself hai,re
been' away from the local corn-
mueitY for many"' years, 'and for
whdm the weekly issue of The .
Sentinel is therefore soniething.„....e
like a. community letter from the
old home, will appreciate par- jle.-
and district, around' Whiph are
::::4-"-ab..Serteer-We'StitliTeV"Cir;7•-• •
very' geritnite regard arid affece
Yours very trtily,
atliiit -at Tara.
Miss•Eunii,e Ackert of MfaW1611
At Mr. grntst Ackort'S„