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Home My WebLink AboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1943-07-15, Page 3THURSDAY, ,TUI.Y 15th, .1943 .n 1 THE L17CRNOW SENTIPTE LUCKNOW, ONT4HIO 0 PAGE TIMES "THE . RAMILEn" By the tine this rear ps The Sentinel presses the blfsorns of the apple •trees in the Annapolis Valley. will have faded into the memory of another. year. There are .always,. pleasantassociations attached • to •that season of the year, .as it is nature's extrava- _ _. •game_ ushering in the ' summer, season. Whether just the lowly old .harvest apple, . tree which Johnny watches .closely." for .the' first fruits or the , row upon_: row of icornmercialized trees, the apple` blossomseither collectively or singly are a thing of beautyand eema to mellow all who come :rider their spell... There 'are other " seetions of Canada which lay claim .to the . horror of being th . c e , ec- cas. The Rambler is' hot going to substantiate the claims . of. any one section. However the writer didhays the rare privilege of seeing the great Annapolis: Val; ,ley of Southern Nova Scotia from the 'air.. It was one of -these . rare days when ' Dame Nature .sure knew how to put on.a real show, Soft_ fleecy . clouds *floated by complimenting the effect. ' of the entire Landscape: One .experiences. a , new appreciation of the apple blossom at an elevation of six thousand feet. From this height t is not only possible to see hun- dreds of trees but also hundreds of orchards. In this great . valley the farmers grow apple trees at much ,in :praportion._as_.the Luc°tr.. now-. farmer grows grain crops. Thus it was the Rambler:looked down as it were on great flower• beds. Winding through all 'this riot' of bloom ..was the silvery. stream which flows . the full length• of the valley .to the Bay Of Fundy. To ,'own an: orchard is the mark •of, success for this part of 'the country.. The towns down- the valley are, close:together? a fact which you ,will realize when rid, ing on . the train.. Each . commun-t ity of course has, , either .one or two large paclOng houses to care for the crops which move .fast. The homes through the ',valley' show that °they are .more than a place' to live. Most of thehoznes are ''o came construction and kept immaculately "- white. Prev- ious tothe war the valley was most prosperous. • However, since the war, .their- overseas markets. have been badly upset. and today to ,gt ;,putlet seems to be i se mg fruit juice much . of Which' is , being consumed by the services:: Similar to their brothers in, On tario the big evert oftheseason ismarked with festivities of one kind arid another. The style 'of these eventshave been: curbed: by the ' war. li.owever, .this year, the military stepped in tb.Go- operate in putting over the event. The already . • overtaxed ' trains Time For A Chan e • John W. Hanna,- •Progres- sive -Conservative candidate ;fora. Huron -Bruce,. , has thus far in, his career • ,followed the footsteps, of his father. . His father ,served as ,conn- cillor and • mayor of Wing- ham, and . John. '.has, had a .similar . experience, f,haying ,,been on „the 'council for 8 years—five' as 'mayor.' Like his father his whole life has been• lived in • this dis- trict .and ° for sixty-three years the name'•Hanna has -. been sy-inbol c -of- iereha:rf-- • dising in Wingham. Busi- ness • has changed much since • the. early • days iDtit - John went through the..but- ter and egg stage of the general store. His experi- • ence in .this rural area has well. equipped him to . un derstand the. problems of • the' farmer and he is. well aware that we must have a prosperous .' agriculture. to - -have 'real prosperity in this district or throughout.On- tario. WORTHWHILE OBJECTIVES. 1. A square deal for the farmers,'`who in my -opinion, have never had one. _ 2. Reconstruction- program following the war in include equal rights for the farmer. •• 3: Electric Lights and Power on' every farm at reasonable rates. x 4. A live reforestation policy. for Ontario. 5. ' Relief Of farm labour shortage. 6. fling on farm produce raised to a level that will r prosperity. 7. More money circulating for the farmer and small busi- ness man. . 8 A ' sane and practical . system or giving the returned men the break they des?eve alter the war. 9. A simpler system of rationing administratidns — Iess coupons and . red tape. •-• - • 10. ' Equal.opportunity for the rural• and urban dweller in . the matters' of� education, health and business. . .11.. A better'price'for I tlie':produce-of'the :fanrieT's fann'.aiid labour. 12. Better highways and bridges. , 13.' His son given an equal opportunity with the'city. lad to education: :. . , . • If elected I promise to the best of my • ability to carry out the 'above pledges. t efforts • to bring -the people to see the carnival of blos- som week: Just ° to put the `grand finale on the whole event it was the Rambler's pleasixre to, be the guest of the good people of Mid= dieton at the blossom ball Coin- ing oming from a .'Scotch settlement any. given 'quantity ,is 'al'vvays apprec iated. The hall "was . exquisitely. decorated With " apple blossoms.' The 'hundreds of •;beautiful ' fer males, who were there formal and: informal, left the judges. with a difficult .. task 'of . choosing . :the' Queen. of the''Ball. he'sFainbler was rather elated to learn that the young lady with whom he was dancing at the time the' choice .was. being made for queen, was to be none other .than his • partner, 'Since - all good things some ta- -end-•-soone'r•-or-°-ldtei , thus it was that the. Rambler . had ,,to leave such beauty .and 'move on to the stern realities of •a. .country at war. Apple blossoms' pass into 'the hall of memories for another year andeh.opes ride high for a taste of the luscious fruit. Graduated) At Crumlin • W. C. Crozier of Crewe was one of a large class of ' air crevr ` nav- igators and air bombers to ''grad uate at No. "4. Observer S hool at Crumlin last week. Wings were presented by . 'Air. Vice -Marshall J. A. Sully. , Colin Crozier is a son of Mr. and Mrs:. Wm. Crozier of Ash- field. He attendedLucknow High Sc•.1` ool and Stratford Normai,, an was principal of Winghdrn Public School at the, time ' he enlisted in the R.C:A.F. . Colin Is at present spending his furlough with his parents. He has been promoted to therank of Pilot Officer and has•been'Oosted to No, 1 at-, River-si •Mani-- toba, as an: instructor in naviga- tion: 'It;, was, dust a 'year ago on July 13th: that'1'O. Crozier 'report - If we all cut out only one. now -essential tall n day War cabs most.coime first which.'means that 'we should reduce` our non: _6666 essential use.: of the teletl hone to the minimum. • Present facilities cannot•be. .increased; your co - 0 eration is needed if war calls are to go through promptly. ;Q Please remember that the wasteful use of telephone time can hold up wa"r business. and that every second you Save counts. Om/fictive seA4, ed for training in the R.C.A.F. His highest- marks 'obtained, by anti' class, which graduated last week class yet passing' : through . the= at Crumlin, set a record for the school. • . • gild 010 loam TOUR WAR SAVINGS f. STAMPS ^ vou wave a 'STMW'O'Gl% M SIGN IT AND STICK ON THIS SHEET 10 SNOW OUR SAILORS THAT YOU ARE i BACKING THEM UP! O16.1 UT�.Ttttttttt G. Ws' HE .0 -BOA N#P 64.01 'STAMP OUT A U.JOAT WITH A ' TAMP.O.ORAM .. 1 Bayless, War Sayings Stamps end you will resolve • Stamp.O-Oram to write a personal message to,Hirbn ilfick•it to ohs a1 the numbered spacei on the depth charge 'sard at the-store-whereryeu modsthepocrhafe: When the 40 *paces are tilled, the shear with your groot7n9 is attached to en actual depth charge — and perioeally delivered by our, nasty TO A. oIRMAtti GIVE 'EM THE W6RKS! -r_ •a .: