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s% WEEKLY EDITOR
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By Jim Greenblat '
This . introduces, from the
nation's capital, a new series of
weekly.. letters,:. designed exeuls;-
xvely fox,--comM ty papers --of
`Canada and that vast - audience' of
readers which . never -gets out;
_to a night club. For the rancher,
. 'farmer, fruit grower,' miner;, . the
semi -:urban and rural' people
Whose feet .,are directly and 'in-
directly
in -directly rooted in the.soil of'Can-
ada. •
Your own Teditor-•among-others'
has been annoyed to high heaven
'with the flood of ma'terial,, which
comes. from. Ottawa much of
which he cannot use.'Like . you
" he's' a busy person running that
•. old. parer v�lu t}ii„�1t so-irautc
TSE LULJKNOW SENTINEL; LUCKNOW, ONTARI(t
women out of a total populatio
of ;8,720,000 aged 44' years an
over were in the armed forces.
at work, this on the face of'
speaks mighty well for Canada a
war. The Opposition calls it
"muddy'".. Well,. after listenin
in on the debates.for weeks o
end, it becomes increasingly clea
that Canadians have got to, thin
and interpret' for ` themselves
little, too. We'll try to. unrave
things' if possible, always keepin
in perspective the national pic.t
ure .and that millions 'of other
'have problexns .and ideas, . too.
Letters in from editors all
Canada relative . to this' new
.,:service reveal that people in
Canada are¢ pondering• these 'days,
and want to`•take'the Works of the
clock apart themselves One' edi-
tor .suggests vSe dig with both
hands into . a- HealthInsurance
measure now pending which. he
claims . would be .foisted dn, us by
a Medical monopty, and which
in its preset form would cost the
Pe:We plexily� �.. ..
A Manitoba editor wants., "in
simple language enlightenment
on matters . pertaining. to farmers
and . the' farming: communities"
and alsd "of what benefit will. the
post war. reconstruction. schemes
be to the farmer".
Than seems to be;_._o..ur.._".simple.
task" in this weekly; news' letter.
You must not: expect rniracles'"of}'
reporting; Time, ,experience in
digging out the essential facts and
developing 'a continuity of under-
standing of what you might.b-
h-of, in .eres e in out here will follow.
Undoubtedlyyou want facts, and
an. authentic, unbiased and inter-
pretive slant •at Ottawa, dished
out "as' if: your own worried -look'-
ing editor was here doing. 'i't.
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.THURSDAY," JULY 15th,' 1943
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Two Weeks ago we published
a column of ooxnments frorn hay
overseas in acknowledging cigar-
ettes sent by The Clansmen. This
is a follow4up article. with more
comments .andletters from the
boys.'
Wm. Burgess: "I am very pleas-:
ede to say. ^ I Burgess:
your gift
of cigaretttes Thanks very much_
for them:. They sure' esine
handy as I just got back :from
leave
W. , W. Harvey: , "Received 'Cig-
arettes and they are certainly' ap-
preciated. There: are 'no cigarettes
over here to compare with our
own. Thanks a million: It cer-
tainly helps one to carry on. when
you =know, the -ones at horne are
with you". .
' e `• endersor-M�•4-=Received
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your • gift: parceof smokes. and
I wish to thank you very much
for the wonderful , work . you are
doing, as smokes are appreciated.
very 'much' ' by the ' boys' over
here"u p '
J. P`'.' England: "Received the.
cigarettes:. They were much__ap-
preciated. Thanks to all the boys
d°f', the. Club. I will be..'thinking
of you as I' smoke therm. Thanks
again and ..good luck. ' to Fall of
you".
Pur es: "Thanks -a --o or
,the cigaretttes. I was. ,very glad
to' get them, as I was getting very -
low. Our snail 'has not been com-
ing in very well. Was over' to' see
Herb" MCQuillin and Wilber. t Dur=
niri' 'a few days ago but missed
. 'whether you agree with him on
politics or ' not. He knows you.
would be inteirested in a 'quick
catch-up on .governmental doings
and what's what around Otawa
"aftter you come _in, trorn chores
at night. ; He also'. knows • you `do
not relish, long; winded reading
after a hard clay's -'work.. And
this weekly. feature, for your
Editor's sake and especially y
I .hope. will fill the bill.
The Wartime. Information.
Board has been made . aware that
readers of weekly papers are -en-
titled to something intheir owrl
language from Ottawa, and so,'
accepting .this assignment it
would be interesting to get your
collective reaction through your
editor. .
If you have any particular pro-
blem which has its anchor in Ot-
tawa, and you want to know what
makes it tick, feel free- to -drop
a line .to . this column. Maybe it
can be 'interpreted for 'you: Pas
sibly there are thousands others.
• 'wwlro want -know about: the.
same thirrg.;.But it would be bet-
ter. if none; of us get too persdnal.
Igor too political. We'll leave that
sortof thing to the politicians.
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ANOTHER Wingham . airman is
reported missing .- • Flight. Sgt
William Harold Pym, son of Mr.ou' [ and Mrs H.' V. Pyni.
This column to justify itself
should be a .national mirror for
the home town. I 'don't suppose
you Tare roue interested . in the
'fact that Ottawa looks really
beautiful this . time' of, year. So
is. your own place out east and
west. But ' you might like, occas-
ionally, to hear of strange'people,
strange faces, strange ideas; alI
of Which makes Ottawa so intrig-
uing even if you have to stand in.
line . to eat s .
There' could be little sidelights,
like seeing the Soviet fliers ,,rre'c-
entry; the fellows, who. flew fk.om
Moscow ,. to Ottawa — just like
that..I watched them in the hotel
lobby, in black knee length boots,.
.loose fitting tunics„ rakish forage
'caps; , smart earnest looking -fol-
lows .who 'looked as if they had
• a mission 'in Iife. Undoubtedly
their's is killing Germans. • • They
' were -watching the smartly dress
ed girlsin and out of uniforms;
men of our armed forces, civil-
ians and seemed to be measuring
the standards of democracy as
against Communism., I got a kick
out of watching them eye the
well filled • cigar stand, the fain-.
shed• hotel. cafe.-,....... _..._. .
Well, that's part of Ottawa. A
Tittle of this, a little of that about
government activities, legislation,
Parliament•
, none of it too weary-•'
ing—but • informative.
Just recently I heard Hon.
• Humphrey Mitchell in the House
of .Commons" justify the govern-
ment',s manpower' policy. When
he said that 5,100,000 men and.
them: I haxren't seen any of the'
other boys' for a long ,time".` •
E. Burt: "Thank you very
kindly for your most welcome
carton of . cigarettes. We are .hav-
Farquhar Oliver
MINISTER OF PUBLIC W (IRKS AND WELFARE
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LiberalCandidate% for Huron -Bruce.
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ing ;very nice weather here late-
ly, but it is not • nearly. as nice
as it would: be to be back in good
old Canada right nowt'.,.
o- Harold Hackett: "Thanks 'toall
the . member's of The ' Clansmen
for their thoughtfulness of 'me in
A. M. (Sandy) NIFHOLSON
.SPEAKERS:
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Sandy"
NICH'OLSON:;
M.P.
1L M. Brockelbank
M.L.A.
Leader of they Opposition
Saskatchewan Legislature
Town Hall, LUCKNO
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9:00 !M.
Everyone Invited
sending.cigarettes which I. have
grateflly' received, They are
mores. or"" less Of a luxury over
here. you can be sure. it makes
'me . fel' happy . to know my
friends and neighbors .'don't for;
get me"..
J. H. HeTavish: "Received the
cigaretttes and. 'was sure glad . to
get Ahern. The Club is doing .a
wonderful job;, and I'm sure the -'
boys over' here . all agree on.. that.
Have been: in Vales and "'it' is
sure a lovely country... The only
trouble l have is the names of
Places and the language of the
older people, until you get` onto
it. They, are; very 'friendly and
kind to: the troops.". .
14he Clansmen Club
Dear Friends:.
I Was very . happr•to receive
your cigarettes mailed some : time
in' February anti appreciate your '
efforts very. much. I : think your
Club is doing us a great. favor.
It's great ' to be a lucky guy, : •
and ; come from a town where-'
they remember you when you're
goneandlook,after•• you. Every-
one is fine . and thanks • a million.
Elliott Webster;
Ashfield Presbyterian W.M.S.
The' W.M.S.
met at the• home
of Mrs. Wilfrd' Parrish, foil their
June meeting. The president, Mrs.
Donald 'MacKenzie, presided. The
devotional period was taken by
Mrs. Wesley Robb and Mrs. Ken-
•neth Farrish. Owing to ill health
Mrs. John McRae . has resigned
the office of treasurer which she
so capably filled. Mrs. Colin Mc-
Gregor was appointed in _.hem____.._
place. Donations for the bale are
to be sent early in July to the
supply secretary. A paper on
"The Lieutenant 1Vi'iracle"ways
given by 'Anna Mae MacDonald.
One on "Religion and Prayer" by
Mrs. Hugh MacKenzie; "The last
Chat" by "Mrs." 'Ewart Jamie§on;
"The gift of prayer" by Mrs. Earl
'Howes; Presbyterian Church in ,
South Africa" by. Mrs. William
Johnston. A' splendid. paper from
the study book entitled `,'The
king "is' waiting" was given by
Mrs, Donald MacKenzie, Mrs.
Robert Scott sang "Face to face".
Mrs, Collinson closed the meeting
with prayer, A 'dainty lunch was
served. and a: •socalxha.lf:1bau-r;ori- ;
•'chid ' R _ ' .
., trieetng,
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